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School Play

2008

A gentle, affectionate look at small kids tackling a big-feeling school production, full of earnest charm and low-stakes jitters.

Tagline
Childhood is so over.
Overview
A heart-warming comedy about five kids trying to survive one of life's most challenging events: their grade school play.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • work
  • family
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
Idahella Therp, Rick Velleu, Eddie Rosenstein
Starring
Joey Angiletta, Isabel Azavedo, Steph Chin, Laurie Gage, Elizabeth Gale, Jeffrey Slater, Nick Viagas

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