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The Woman in Red

1984 · 87 min

A light, silly farce of escalating lies and embarrassing near-misses, played for gentle laughs rather than real heat.

Tagline
He's head over heels and headed straight for trouble!
Overview
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • love
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Gene Wilder
Written by
Gene Wilder
Starring
Gene Wilder, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna, Judith Ivey, Michael Huddleston, Kelly LeBrock, Gilda Radner, Kyle T. Heffner
Music
John Morris
Cinematography
Fred Schuler
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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