James White

Play trailer

2:02

James White

R

2015

1h 26m

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

92%

Tomatometer

76 Reviews

70%

Popcornmeter

2,500+ Ratings

A young New Yorker (Christopher Abbott) struggles to control his reckless behavior as his mother (Cynthia Nixon) battles cancer.

Critics Consensus

Led by powerfully complementary performances from Christopher Abbott and Cynthia Nixon, James White offers an affecting calling card for debuting writer-director Josh Mond.

Read Critics Reviews

Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

Feb 24, 2016

It's not easy viewing by any means. But it is strangely refreshing for a movie to show us that terminal illness involves agony and vomit and terror, despite what Beaches might have told us.

Go to Full Review

Suzanne Condie Lambert

Arizona Republic

Dec 17, 2015

3/5

Whether you want to spend time with "James White" depends on your tolerance for yet another film about how hard it is for guys who just feel too much.

Go to Full Review

Soren Andersen

Seattle Times

Dec 10, 2015

2/4

The experience of watching "James White" is like being shut up in a small, dark, airless room ... a sickroom.

Go to Full Review

Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

Oct 14, 2026

B

Cynthia Nixon is a heartbreaker as White's fading matriarch, giving a performance soaked in fever sweat and unsentimentally sobering.

Go to Full Review

Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Sep 4, 2023

4/5

"James White" is a difficult and unflinching look at both terminal illness and wasting one's life on selfish excesses.

Go to Full Review

C.J. Prince

Way Too Indie

May 31, 2019

It gives a very brief, specific glimpse of a situation touching on the universal experience of loss, and through it delivers an incredibly strong drama.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Alec B

@Alec97 Dec 13, 2023

Abbott is phenomenal in the lead role and I like how the camera movements are perfectly in sync with his erratic mood swings.

See more

Apr 9, 2021

One of the best movies of my lifetime. It's extremely real and every moment felt like something that has happened to me. If you've lost a loved one this movie will relate to you in some way. Christopher Abbot continues to be one of the greatest actors of all time. 10)/10 everyone must watch once in their life.

See more

Mar 10, 2021

Strongest part is the relationship between mother and son, portrayed with grace and delicacy by the leads, but the rest are just wanderings and debauchery that doesn't make you care for the protagonist at all.

See more

Sep 28, 2019

Like the performance and close up shot to create such intense and suffocating atmosphere.

See more

Feb 7, 2019

James White is one of the scariest realistic movies I've seen in a really long time. Scary, not as in horror but as in myself coming to grips with my near future. This story brought the modern age of anxiety and being a millennial in New York today which is exactly what I am. This film had one of the best constructed opening sequences where it completes its task so efficiently in brining you inside the head of our main character. He's not a protagonist, he's not an antagonist he's just James White who has issues that he has to learn to deal with. This film had me very emotionally invested, the ending is still slightly confusing to me but it lead to me looking more into the mechanics of the film and damn do I love what they chose to do. If you want a claustrophobic, anxiety driven, highly realistic, intimate domestic drama that delves into the mind of almost every mid 20s man in New York this is the film for you.

See more

Jan 8, 2019

Powerful, affecting film. Christopher Abbott is so, so good. Want to see so much more from the principal cast, writer, and director. Yay, Kid Cudi also! ??

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

POST RATING

Josh Mond

Director

Christopher Abbott

James White

Cynthia Nixon

Gail White

Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi

Nick

Ron Livingston

Ben

Makenzie Leigh

Jayne

Anesthesia

27%

51%

Anesthesia

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Anesthesia

Safelight

0%

37%

Safelight

Watchlist

Fathers and Daughters

29%

60%

Fathers and Daughters

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Fathers and Daughters

99 Homes

92%

78%

99 Homes

Watchlist

TRAILER

for 99 Homes

Small Time

56%

42%

Small Time

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

National Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners

Best Picture Winner Spotlight Hits Netflix, Rick and Morty Arrives on Hulu

Orange is The New Black and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hit Netflix, Trumbo Added to Amazon Prime

James White: Trailer 1

2:02

Now Playing

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

A young New Yorker (Christopher Abbott) struggles to control his reckless behavior as his mother (Cynthia Nixon) battles cancer.

Director: Josh Mond
Producer: Max Born, Sean Durkin, Melody C. Roscher, F.A. Eric Schultz, Antonio Campos
Screenwriter: Josh Mond
Distributor: The Film Arcade
Production Co: Borderline Films, September Film Distribution
Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Drug Use)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $101.4K
Runtime: 1h 26m

Join The Newsletter

Join The Newsletter

Cookie Settings