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The Miracle Worker

2000 · 95 min

A sincere, patient struggle of wills that builds to a deeply moving, hard-won emotional release.

Overview
Devoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf, blind and mute Helen Keller out of solitude and helps integrate her into the world.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • education
  • isolation
  • family
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Nadia Tass
Written by
Monte Merrick
Starring
Hallie Eisenberg, Alison Elliott, David Strathairn, Lucas Black, Kate Greenhouse, Stewart Arnott, Damir Andrei, Kevin Duhaney
Music
William Goldstein
Cinematography
David Parker
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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