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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

1979 · 145 min

A slow, earnest clash of old and new ways in a hardscrabble mountain community, stirring quiet empathy and frustration.

Tagline: A beautiful young doctor. Loved by the man she had to leave. Hated by the people she came to help.
Overview: A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the resident medicine woman.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, healing, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
healing
isolation
family
faith
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none