The site's critical consensus reads, " Measure of a Man has a handful of ingredients that set it apart from the crowded field of coming-of-age dramas - but not enough, unfortunately, to make it worth seeking out." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 53%, based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 52% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The film was released by Kinostar Filmverleih on Jin Germany. Measure of a Man screened in competition on October 19 at the Alice nella Citta section of the Rome Film Festival. Lionsgate released the film on Augon SVOD and DVD. The film had a limited U.S theatrical release by Great Point Media on May 11, 2018. Principal photography for the film took place in Rhode Island, United States. On October 5, 2015, Judy Greer and Luke Wilson joined the film alongside Sutherland and Cooper, to play Bobby's parents, and Liana Liberato joined the cast to play his sister, Michelle. Kahn, a Wall Street executive who gives Blake Cooper's character, Bobby, a summer job on his estate.
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The film went into production several months later when Donald Sutherland and The Maze Runner star Blake Cooper joined the cast on September 23, 2015. In June 2015, director Jim Loach started pre-production for the film with screenwriter David Scearce, who wrote the screenplay, based on the 1977 novel One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte.
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Beau Knapp as Willie Rumson, the main antagonist of the movie.Liana Liberato as Michelle Marks, Bobby's sister and Lenore and Marty's daughter.Luke Wilson as Marty Marks, Michelle and Bobby's father and Lenore's husband.Judy Greer as Lenore Marks, Michelle and Bobby's mother and Marty's wife.Kahn, a Wall Street executive who gives Bobby a summer job on his estate.
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Blake Cooper as Bobby Marks, Michelle's brother and Lenore and Marty's son.