Movie

Learning Curves

2003

A quiet, earnest campus drama about tangled desires and compromised ambitions, unfolding with gentle tension and a melancholy romantic ache.

Tagline: ... life doesn't always follow a straight line.
Overview: Brad, an art student hoping to win a prestigious fellowship, finds his life and career turned upside down when he falls for a faculty member at his college, Lisa Ducharme, who just happens to be his girlfriend's thesis adviser...
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, betrayal, ambition, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
ambition
identity
morality
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild