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Dancer and the Dame

2015 · 90 min

A gentle, feel-good buddy story about second chances, mixing light comedy with sincere emotional beats.

Directed by
Gabriel Sabloff
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Billy Gardell, Eva LaRue, David A.R. White
Overview
Down-and-out Detective Dancer, who struggling with a personal conflict, gives up on life and his job. But that all ends when he is paired up with a police dog who is also dealing with post-traumatic stress. The dog helps Dancer make a life-changing turn around. And in response, Dancer does the same for his partner, the Dame.

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Directed by
Gabriel Sabloff
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Billy Gardell, Eva LaRue, David A.R. White
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • redemption
  • healing
  • friendship
  • grief
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Gabriel Sabloff
Written by
Tommy Blaze
Starring
Billy Gardell, Eva LaRue, David A.R. White, James Denton, Quinton Aaron, Leonard Roberts, Mike Starr, Louis Mustillo
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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