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Saving Mr. Banks

Movie · 2013 · 125 min

A warm, bittersweet back-and-forth between a prickly author and a charming showman, slowly revealing the childhood pain beneath the whimsy.

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2013 film directed by John Lee Hancock
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Year
2013
Runtime
125 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • memory
  • parenthood
  • grief
  • art
  • redemption
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, flashback
Directed by
John Lee Hancock
Written by
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
Starring
Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Rachel Griffiths, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Kathy Baker
Music
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
John Schwartzman
Runtime
125 min
Country
United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Languages
English

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