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Wonderful Nightmare

2026 · 122 min

A gentle, sentimental comedy that trades on second chances and mismatched family life, easy to sink into and designed to leave you smiling.

Tagline: New Life. Wrong Family.
Overview: A high-flying, career-driven lawyer dies prematurely due to a clerical error in heaven.
How it feels: Warm, whimsical, earnest and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, identity, love, redemption
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 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
identity
love
redemption
death
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild