Movie

Jimmy's Hall

2014 · 106 min

A warm, earnest story of community and resistance that builds quiet tension as joy meets repression, leaving a bittersweet ache.

Tagline: Where Anything Goes and Everyone Belongs.
Overview: In Depression-era Ireland, Jimmy Gralton returns home after a decade's exile in America. Witnessing the levels of poverty and oppression, his inner activist reawakens and he seeks to reopen the dance hall that led to his deportation.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, power, freedom, family
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 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: class
power
freedom
family
justice
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none