# The Bronze (2016)

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**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Drama, Comedy
**Directed by**: Bryan Buckley
**Written by**: Melissa Rauch, Winston Rauch
**Starring**: Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong, Haley Lu Richardson

> *There's no place like third.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Hope Ann Greggory won a bronze in 2004 and now lounges in small-town shame. When a cocky teen gymnast starts overshadowing her local legend quotient she’s forced to confront the hollow afterlife of a second-place finish.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, tender

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