Movie

The Magnificent Ambersons

2002 · 150 min

A stately, melancholy costume drama about pride and decline, watching a family's grandeur erode through one young man's stubborn cruelty.

Overview: The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George's father. As George struggles to sabotage his mother's new romance, he must deal with his own romantic feelings for Morgan's daughter and the consequences of his meddling as his once great family falls into ruin due to his machinations...
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, cynical and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, class, love, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: family
class
love
betrayal
guilt
Places: small town
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild