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You Can't Take it With You

1979 · 96 min

A cozy, gently comic stage adaptation where eccentric warmth meets stuffy propriety, leaving you smiling at the cheerful chaos of family.

Overview: Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
How it feels: Warm, whimsical, light and satirical. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, love, class, identity
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
class
identity
found family
Places: home
big city
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none