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Wilbur Falls

1998 · 95 min

A wry, uneasy coming-of-age confession that keeps you guessing how much is truth and how much is performance.

Directed by
Juliane Glantz
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Overview
A teen gives her graduation address and reveals her involvement in the disappearance of one her classmates, a boy who had taunted her. The film then moves into flashback to tell the story.

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Directed by
Juliane Glantz
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • deception
  • guilt
  • identity
  • revenge
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Juliane Glantz
Written by
Jim Halfpenny, Juliane Glantz
Starring
Danny Aiello, Sally Kirkland, Shanee Edwards, Suzanne Cryer, Miller Daurey, Cherilyn Hayres, David Anthony Marshall, Fred Stoller
Runtime
95 min

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