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Born Yesterday

Movie · 1950 · 103 min

A buoyant, talky charmer that watches a woman wake up to her own mind, mixing sharp laughs with a satisfying moral spine.

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1950 film directed by George Cukor
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Year
1950
Runtime
103 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • corruption
  • love
  • education
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
comedy drama, romantic comedy
Directed by
George Cukor
Written by
Garson Kanin, Albert Mannheimer
Starring
William Holden, Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, Grandon Rhodes, Claire Carleton
Music
Friedrich Hollaender
Cinematography
Joseph Walker
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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