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Bogus

1996 · 110 min

A gentle, sentimental comfort watch that mixes grief with whimsy, occasionally overreaching into sticky sweetness but landing on warmth.

Directed by: Norman Jewison
Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment

Tagline: A comedy about losing your heart, finding your inner child and meeting the one friend you've always tried to avoid.
Overview: Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.

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Directed by: Norman Jewison
Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 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: grief
found family
family
healing
parenthood
Places: big city
suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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