Movie

Dogtown

1997 · 99 min

A quiet, bittersweet return home that curdles into quiet desperation, watching small-town dreams and old crushes fade.

Tagline: Two guys. One girl. Someone loses.
Overview: Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like some kind of celebrity and movie star. He uses it to impress his (and everybody's) school love Dorothy, her life now a grey boring experience.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, cynical and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, isolation, ambition, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
ambition
love
deception
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild