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Friendsgiving

2020 · 95 min

A chaotic, joke-dense holiday gathering where awkward guests collide, offering easy laughs and mild warmth without much bite.

Directed by
Nicol Paone
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
And you thought family was complicated
Overview
Newly-divorced actress Molly, her recently-dumped lesbian best friend Abby and Molly’s mother Helen host a dysfunctional, comical and chaotic Thanksgiving dinner for their motley crew of close friends and strange acquaintances.

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Directed by
Nicol Paone
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • family
  • love
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Nicol Paone
Written by
Nicol Paone
Starring
Malin Akerman, Kat Dennings, Jack Donnelly, Aisha Tyler, Jane Seymour, Deon Cole, Ryan Hansen, Chelsea Peretti
Music
Jessica Rose Weiss
Cinematography
Neil Shapiro
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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