CODA
PG-13 | 2 Hours | Drama
Directed By: Sian Heder
Written By: Sian Heder(screenplay)Victoria Bedos(motion picture “La Famille Belier”)Stanislas Carré de Malberg(motion picture “La Famille Belier”)
Starring: Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur
Winner of 3 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screen Play, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.
Seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the sole hearing member of a deaf family — a CODA, child of deaf adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and soon finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo). Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams.
95% Tomatometer & 92% Audience Score
Critics Consensus:
CODA’s story offers few surprises, but strong representation and a terrific cast — led by Emilia Jones’ brilliant performance — bring this coming-of-age story vividly to life.