

Licorice Pizza
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
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6.9/10
2,824 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40M
- Box office
- $33.3M
- Language
- English
- high school
- california
- jealousy
- 1970s
- bed
- mattress shop
- politician
- coming of age
- love
- teenage love
- former child star
- young love
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Produced in
Canada, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRWestwood, California20 Nov 2021
- Theatrical (limited)R26 Nov 2021
- TheatricalR25 Dec 2021
- Digital / OTTR1 Mar 2022
- PremiereSanta Barbara International Film Festival4 Mar 2022
- PhysicalR15 Mar 2022
- Digital / OTTRPrime Video / Epix5 Aug 2022
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1528 Dec 2021
- Theatrical151 Jan 2022
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM26 Dec 2021
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG25 Dec 2021
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1327 Jan 2022
AustriaAT
- Theatrical28 Jan 2022
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical185 Jan 2022
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1417 Feb 2022
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival17 Apr 2026
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical717 Mar 2022
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical25 Feb 2022
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-711 Mar 2022
Frequently asked questions
Licorice Pizza was released on 26 November 2021.
Audience reviews
6- G
garethmb
12/20/2021
Set in the San Fernando Valley of 1973; Writer/Director Paul Thomas Anderson has created a loving and nostalgia-filled look at that era with his new film “Licorice Pizza”. The film focuses on a teenaged Gary (Cooper Hoffman) who becomes intrigued by an older photographer assistant named Alana (Alana Haim); during his school photo sessions. Despite their age difference; the two become friends and Gary attempts to i…
- R7/10
r96sk
1/18/2022
I can't say I enjoyed <em>'Licorice Pizza'</em> as much as most, but this flick from Paul Thomas Anderson is a good one. Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman are entertaining in the lead roles, with Haim particularly standing out - though Philip Seymour Hoffman's kid definitely improves as the film ticks by. There are some amusing roles for more well known faces, my favourite parts of this 2021 release are in fact with <…
- B2/10
beyondthecineramadome
6/20/2022
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/sweet-valley-high-licorice-pizza-review<a> There’s a lackadaisical feeling that runs throughout writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s _Licorice Pizza_. It feels like summer, where there’s nothing in the world but time and friends to spend it with. With a loose narrative and a long run time, Licorice Pizza has moments of magic. It’s …
- T9/10
the_blueeyes
7/24/2022
The is a real colourful oddball of a movie. From start to finish we are instantly thrown into Alana´s journey and are taken trough a series of strange situations and developments. There is no pre-development or little to be told about the main characters history. The movie is a moment-to-moment tag-along story of romance and its ups and downs. However i enjoyed the little humour moments in it and i had to giggle at…
- B8/10
badelf
2/1/2025
Licorice Pizza: Paul Thomas Anderson's Masterful Meditation on Becoming In "Licorice Pizza", Paul Thomas Anderson does what he does best: he transforms the messy, uncertain terrain of human becoming into a luminous, deeply compassionate narrative. Set in the San Fernando Valley of the 1970s, the film follows Alana and Gary - two souls navigating that treacherous landscape between adolescence and genuine adultho…
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