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Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

2006 · 89 min

A gentle, heartfelt family drama that balances loss with warmth, easy to watch and quietly moving without ever getting heavy.

Directed by
Steven Robman
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Lacey Chabert, Sammi Hanratty, Wendie Malick
Overview
A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.

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Directed by
Steven Robman
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Lacey Chabert, Sammi Hanratty, Wendie Malick
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • grief
  • family
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Steven Robman
Written by
Nell Scovell, Alan Marc Levy
Starring
Lacey Chabert, Sammi Hanratty, Wendie Malick, David Ramsey, Adam Kaufman, Timmothy Amedee, Amanda Baker, Melissa Caudle
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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