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Carrie Pilby

2017 · 98 min

A gentle, bittersweet character study that balances quirky humor with quiet emotional depth as an isolated young woman tentatively connects with the world.

Directed by
Susan Johnson
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Bel Powley, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O'Donoghue
Tagline
Live your life before it passes you by
Overview
Awkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old genius is challenged to put her convictions to the test by venturing out on to the NYC dating scene.

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Directed by
Susan Johnson
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Bel Powley, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O'Donoghue
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 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
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Bel Powley, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O'Donoghue, William Moseley, Jason Ritter, Gabriel Byrne, Nathan Lane, Scott Keiji Takeda
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
98 min
Country
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Languages
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