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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011 · 96 min

A gentle, meandering family dramedy that feels like a low-stakes weekend in the country, with mild laughs and easy emotional beats.

Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
Life is a journey. Family is a trip.
Overview
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

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Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Written by
Christina Mengert, Joseph Muszynski
Starring
Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Nat Wolff, Jane Fonda, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Marissa O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan
Music
Spencer David Hutchings
Cinematography
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Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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