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Movie · 2005 · 103 min

A tender, funny-sad road trip that balances raw family wounds with warmth and quiet hope.

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2005 film directed by Duncan Tucker
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Movie
Year
2005
Runtime
103 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • parenthood
  • trauma
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, comedy, buddy, LGBTQ-related, transgender
Directed by
Duncan Tucker
Written by
William H. Macy, Duncan Tucker
Starring
Felicity Huffman, Graham Greene, Burt Young, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Carrie Preston, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Burstein
Music
David Mansfield
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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