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Manny & Lo

1996 · 88 min

A gentle, offbeat indie that drifts between sadness and wry warmth, letting odd, wounded characters slowly become a makeshift family.

Directed by
Lisa Krueger
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Overview
A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.

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Directed by
Lisa Krueger
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
  • parenthood
Places
  • road trip
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Lisa Krueger
Written by
Lisa Krueger
Starring
Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, Mary Kay Place, Paul Guilfoyle, Glenn Fitzgerald, Cameron Boyd, Dean Silvers, Marlen Hecht
Music
John Lurie
Cinematography
Tom Krueger
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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