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You Can't Take It With You

Movie · 1938 · 126 min

A cozy, chaotic screwball charmer where eccentric warmth gently melts stiff upper-class coldness, leaving you smiling at its earnest faith in people.

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1938 film by Frank Capra
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Year
1938
Runtime
126 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • love
  • class
  • greed
  • found family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
romantic comedy
Directed by
Frank Capra
Written by
Robert Riskin
Starring
James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Ann Miller, Ward Bond, Spring Byington, Edward Arnold, Harry Davenport
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Joseph Walker
Runtime
126 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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