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This Can't Be Love

1994 · 95 min

A gentle, nostalgic two-hander that coasts on old-movie charm, trading barbs and tender memories with an easy, bittersweet warmth.

Directed by
Anthony Harvey
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Overview
Two aging actors, who had a brief but intense marriage in the 1940s, are reunited decades later to find that issues between them are not resolved.
How it feels
Warm, melancholic, romantic and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Love, memory, aging, identity
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Anthony Harvey
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • love
  • memory
  • aging
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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
Humour5
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Anthony Harvey
Written by
Duane Poole
Starring
Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Quinn, Jason Bateman, Jami Gertz, Maxine Miller, Michael Feinstein, Lynda Boyd, Morris Panych
Music
Peter Matz
Cinematography
Larry Pizer
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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