Movie

Radio Days

1987 · 89 min

A gentle, nostalgic drift through childhood memories and radio voices, funny and wistful, glowing warmly even as it fades.

Tagline: Tuning in.
Overview: The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, whimsical and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Memory, family, coming-of-age, celebrity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
family
coming-of-age
celebrity
media
Places: small town
big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild