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Talk to Me

2007 · 118 min

A warm, funny, and ultimately moving portrait of an unlikely friendship, powered by electric performances and a vivid sense of time and place.

Directed by
Kasi Lemmons
Genres
Drama
Overview
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

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Directed by
Kasi Lemmons
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • friendship
  • race
  • redemption
  • media
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Kasi Lemmons
Written by
Michael Genet, Rick Famuyiwa
Starring
Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps, Peter MacNeill, Adam Gaudreau, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer
Music
Terence Blanchard
Cinematography
Stéphane Fontaine
Runtime
118 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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