Welcome to Marwen

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Welcome to Marwen

PG-13

2018

1h 56m

Biography

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

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No one expects Mark Hogancamp to recover from a devastating assault that wipes away all of his memories. Putting together pieces from the past and present, Mark meticulously creates a Belgian town and becomes a heroic World War II fighter pilot. His astonishing art installation soon comes to life with breathtakingly realistic dolls -- a testament to the most powerful women he knows. Through this fantasy world, Hogancamp finds the strength to triumph in the real world and face his attackers.

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Critics Consensus

Welcome to Marwen has dazzling effects and a sadly compelling story, but the movie's disjointed feel and clumsy screenplay make this invitation easy to decline.

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (LAist)

Sep 13, 2019

I didn't find it creepy -- maybe I'm just creepy!

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

Feb 7, 2019

With Welcome to Marwen, director Robert Zemeckis, as he has so often in this stage of career, focuses more on the visuals of a story instead of the why of it.

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

Jan 11, 2019

The partnership between Zemeckis and Carell is ... what keeps Welcome to Marwen from falling off its own high wire-and finally brings the movie home.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

Jul 14, 2024

2/5

It feels designed to collect the tears of the most lachrymose via mechanicalised sentimentality, which is a disservice to Hogancamp’s inspiring story.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 21, 2022

2/5

A frustrating (and frankly boring) mess.

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Aug 17, 2022

2/5

Marwen was written and directed by the technologically obsessed Robert Zemeckis, who brings Hogencamp’s world to life in a way that is uneven with its real-life subject.

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Fong Kok Hoong F

@RT29722865 Nov 4, 2026

It is a shame that Robert Zemeckis turns the true survivor story of Mark Hogancamp coping with PTSD after a near-death attack by building a 1/6-scale World War II–era Belgian town with dolls in his yard into a technically ambitious project that glosses over the protagonist's trauma and therapeutic journey.

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frandigar V

@Frandigar Apr 24, 2026

Highly underrated, I simply Ioved this sweet, crazy and original movie. Steve Carrel acting is just superb and the direction of Robert Zemeckis reminded me his old glories such as Forrest Gump or Cast Away.

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D P

@RT45936356 Mar 15, 2026

I've been wanting to see this since it was first advertised. And, while I think it was a very well put together film, I can see why it bombed at the box office. It just wasn't all that entertaining. A good story, though. Just not enthralling.

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Tom W

@TexOracle Dec 14, 2025

Just used this film as an example of "bait and switch" (Roofman) for what's advertised as a comedy, and turns out to be an Indy drama, not at all what was expected, and if the trailer did the actual film any justice to represent what it is, it would have a very small audience indeed, and rightfully so. No thank you.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Sep 2, 2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Coach

@Coachofthedefense Aug 30, 2025

It’s a little clunky, but an interesting story

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Synopsis

No one expects Mark Hogancamp to recover from a devastating assault that wipes away all of his memories. Putting together pieces from the past and present, Mark meticulously creates a Belgian town and becomes a heroic World War II fighter pilot. His astonishing art installation soon comes to life with breathtakingly realistic dolls -- a testament to the most powerful women he knows. Through this fantasy world, Hogancamp finds the strength to triumph in the real world and face his attackers.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Cherylanne Martin
Screenwriter: Robert Zemeckis, Caroline Thompson
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: ImageMovers, DreamWorks Pictures, Universal Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Suggestive Content|Sequences of Fantasy Violence|Some Disturbing Images|Thematic Material)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 26, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.7M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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