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6 Years
The story follows college students Melanie Clark and Dan Mercer as their 6-year romance is put to the test when events spin them down a volatile and violent path. A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.
19 September 1986, New York City, New York, USA
17 June 1975, Houston, Texas, USA
2 August 1975, Greeley, Colorado, USA
September 14, 2015
It gives shape to the anxiety and emotional tumult that comes with maturation and the struggle to hold a relationship together after irreparable fissures have already started to form.
February 26, 2016
Hannah Fidell has quickly become one of the faces to watch in independent film, her naturalistic style of filmmaking and ability to get the best of our her actors and shepherd improvised scenes creates characters and movies you want to root for.
August 18, 2015
There is enough in 6 Years from Farmiga and Rosenfield's performances to warrant a watch, and Fidell's ideas and subtle developments around such a challenging story are heartfelt and mostly well-rendered.
August 21, 2015
6 Years has universal appeal in spades, two lovely lead performances and a whole lot of truth.
August 26, 2015
...a film worth watching, one that depicts young love in all its toxic and swooning glory.
August 18, 2015
A melodrama benefitting from excellent performances but suffering from a too-obvious script.
August 20, 2015
Next time out, Fidell needs to find some kind of midrange between A Teacher's outré leanings and 6 Years' conventionality.
August 18, 2015
[The two leads'] heartbreaking performances imbue this familiar Austin-set narrative with a fiery edge.
February 23, 2016
The euphoria and anguish of first love has been captured in countless films, but few do it with the level of raw authenticity and intimacy as 6 Years.
August 18, 2015
[6 Years] too often veers toward melodramatic overstatement, inspiring little empathy or understanding despite the committed performances of promising young leads Taissa Farmiga and Ben Rosenfield.
August 26, 2015
Indie romance has domestic violence, lots of sex, drinking.