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A Step Toward Tomorrow

1996 · 93 min

It feels like a heartfelt family drama about hope and determination, with gentle emotional ups and downs.

Directed by
Deborah Reinisch
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.
How it feels
Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, healing, parenthood, survival
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Deborah Reinisch
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Deborah Reinisch
Written by
Harris Goldberg, Tom Nursall
Starring
Judith Light, Tom Irwin, Christopher Reeve, Alfre Woodard, Kendall Cunningham, Tim Redwine, Brad Dourif, Nick Searcy
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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