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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006·1h 40m·R
DramaCrime
IMDb Rating
★ 6.9/10
28,544 votes
Metascore
67
Metacritic

Coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2006 drama crime movie directed by Dito Montiel, starring Robert Downey Jr., Dianne Wiest, Rosario Dawson. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.9/10 from 28,544 votes and runs 1h 40m.

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Director
Dito Montiel
Stars
Robert Downey Jr.
Dianne Wiest
Rosario Dawson
Shia LaBeouf
Creators
Dito Montiel
Details
2006-10-13
100 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English, Spanish
Keywords
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