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Angel Square

1991 · 104 min

A gentle nostalgic coming-of-age mystery with a warm period glow and a boy's earnest curiosity driving it forward.

Directed by: Anne Wheeler
Genres: Adventure, Family
Starring: Ned Beatty, Jeremy Radick, Vlasta Vrana

Overview: A Canadian boy comes of age and investigates a mystery in 1945.

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Directed by: Anne Wheeler
Genres: Adventure, Family
Starring: Ned Beatty, Jeremy Radick, Vlasta Vrana

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
mystery
friendship
family
justice
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: adventure, family
Directed by: Anne Wheeler
Written by: Anne Wheeler, Brian Doyle, James Defelice
Starring: Ned Beatty, Jeremy Radick, Vlasta Vrana, Jay Brazeau, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, sarah meyette, Leon Pownall, Nicola Cavendish
Runtime: 104 min
Country: Canada

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