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Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

2015 · 120 min

A gentle, heartfelt family drama that balances hardship with warmth, faith, and simple triumphs.

Overview: "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy patchwork coat that helped make Parton who she is today. The film is set in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains in 1955. It is neither a biopic nor a musical about Dolly's whole life and performing career, but rather a family-oriented faith-based story about the incidents in her and her family's life around the time she was nine years old.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and uplifting. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, faith, grief, parenthood
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 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
faith
grief
parenthood
healing
Places: countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none