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A Day Late and a Dollar Short

2014 · 90 min

A warm, bittersweet family drama that asks you to sit with its characters as they confront old wounds and try to mend what's broken before time runs out.

Directed by: Stephen Tolkin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer

Overview: When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world.

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Directed by: Stephen Tolkin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: family
parenthood
death
healing
redemption
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
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Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Stephen Tolkin
Written by: Shernold Edwards
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Tichina Arnold, Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, Vinessa Antoine, Asha Bromfield
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English

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