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How Do You Know

Movie · 2010 · 116 min

A gentle, meandering romantic comedy-drama that ambles through its characters' uncertainties with warmth and mild melancholy.

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2010 film directed by James L. Brooks
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Year
2010
Runtime
116 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 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
  • love
  • identity
  • family
  • work
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
comedy drama, romantic comedy
Directed by
James L. Brooks
Written by
James L. Brooks
Starring
Jack Nicholson, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Kathryn Hahn, Dean Norris, Teyonah Parris
Music
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography
Janusz Kamiński
Runtime
116 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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