A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Name: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2006-09-29
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Channing Tatum, Robert Downey Jr., Rosario Dawson, Melonie Díaz

2006·Movie·R·104 min·★ 6.5(345)

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“Sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back.”

Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.

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About A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2006 English-language crime and drama film directed by Dito Montiel. The cast is led by Shia LaBeouf, Channing Tatum, Robert Downey Jr.. It has a runtime of 1h 44m. Viewers rate it 6.5/10 across 300 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints was produced by Belladonna Productions, Original Media, and Xingu Films and made in United States of America. It was released on September 29, 2006, and carries a R certification. At the box office it grossed around $1 million worldwide.

Director: Dito Montiel
Writers: Dito Montiel
Release date: September 29, 2006
Original language: English
Age rating: R
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Box office: $1 million
Production: Belladonna Productions, Original Media, Xingu Films

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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints cast & crew

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints was directed by Dito Montiel and written by Dito Montiel.

The cast features Shia LaBeouf as Young Dito, Channing Tatum as Young Antonio, Robert Downey Jr. as Dito, Rosario Dawson as Laurie, Melonie Díaz as Young Laurie, and Chazz Palminteri as Monty.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Jonathan Elias, cinematography is by Éric Gautier, and it was produced by Robert Downey Jr. and Charlie Corwin.

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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints holds an audience score of 6.5/10 from 345 ratings, a solidly received crime films.

At 1h 44m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy crime and drama, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is worth a place on your watchlist.

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Cast of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Shia LaBeouf

Young Dito

Channing Tatum

Young Antonio

Robert Downey Jr.

Dito

Rosario Dawson

Laurie

Melonie Díaz

Young Laurie

Chazz Palminteri

Monty

Dianne Wiest

Dito's Mother

Martin Compston

Mike O'Shea

Olga Merediz

Aunt Mary

Laila Liliana Garro

Diane

Eléonore Hendricks

Jenny

Adam Scarimbolo

Guiseppe

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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints runs 1 hours 44 minutes (104 minutes).

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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is rated R. It holds a 6.5/10 audience score from 345 ratings.