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Florence Foster Jenkins

Movie · 2016 · 110 min

A gentle, affectionate comedy that makes you cringe and smile at once, then quietly breaks your heart in its final act.

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2016 film by Stephen Frears
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Year
2016
Runtime
110 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • love
  • art
  • identity
  • deception
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
biographical, comedy drama
Directed by
Stephen Frears
Written by
Nicholas Martin, Julia Kogan
Starring
Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Helberg, Nina Arianda, John Sessions, Ewan Stewart, Christian McKay
Music
Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
Danny Cohen
Runtime
110 min
Country
France, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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