low-budget
idiom
: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie
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She was honored as a Best Supporting Actress in 2023’s Wildflower Film Festival, which celebrates Korean independent and low-budget films.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Despite being released in 2008, the low-budget, ambitious dystopian science fiction film by director and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Alex Rivera (disclosure: Alex and I are friends) feels as timely as ever.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
In the end, however, this is a low-budget drama that was sadly shot on an obsolete medium, with the rough edges of early-2000s digital video and less-than-satisfactory sound serving as constant distractions.
—Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
And that’s really difficult for a low-budget movie.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Despite being released in 2008, the low-budget, ambitious dystopian science fiction film by director and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Alex Rivera (disclosure: Alex and I are friends) feels as timely as ever.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
In the end, however, this is a low-budget drama that was sadly shot on an obsolete medium, with the rough edges of early-2000s digital video and less-than-satisfactory sound serving as constant distractions.
—Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
And that’s really difficult for a low-budget movie.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Low-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-budget. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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