Movie

Driftwood

1947 · 88 min

A gentle, heartwarming small-town tale with a child and her dog at its center, mixing mild suspense with cozy community charm.

Tagline: Heart-Warming!
Overview: An orphan helps a doctor fight an epidemic in a small western town, in one of Allan Dwan’s closely observed studies in Americana.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and whimsical. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Found family, family, healing, isolation
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: found family
family
healing
isolation
justice
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none