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Generation Why

2009 · 115 min

A quiet, talky drift through youthful restlessness and confusion, more mood than momentum, rewarding patience with a lingering sense of aimlessness.

Directed by: Brendan Prost
Starring: John Delahunt, Cody Field, Mike Thorn

Tagline: A film about frustration, confusion, and uncertainty. It would be completely unappealing it it wasn't the story of our lives.
Overview: A thoughtful and engaging examination of a young generation's struggle to find themselves and their place in the world as seen during the course of a 'slacker uprising' in one city incited by three frustrated high school graduates.

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Directed by: Brendan Prost
Starring: John Delahunt, Cody Field, Mike Thorn

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
coming-of-age
rebellion
friendship
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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