Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) on Netflix
Cameron Stuart has bipolar disorder and loses his job after a psychotic break. His wife Maggie asks him to care for their daughters, Amelia and Faith, while she studies in New York.
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- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb6.9/1017,918 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes82%
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Plot summary
In the late 1970s, Cameron Stuart is a Boston father with bipolar disorder. After a psychotic break he is hospitalized and loses his job, and his wife, Maggie Stuart, has little money for their two daughters, Amelia and Faith, who move with her into a small rent-controlled apartment. Cameron moves from a halfway house into a place of his own. Maggie wants more security for the family, so she applies to business school. A scholarship takes her to Columbia University, and she asks Cameron to look after Amelia and Faith for eighteen months while she earns an M.B.A. in New York. He is unsure, then agrees.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
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- The film is drawn from writer-director Maya Forbes's own childhood: the elder daughter, Amelia, is a fictionalized version of Forbes herself. Forbes cast her own daughter, Imogene Wolodarsky, who had never acted professionally, in that part despite doubts from others.
