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Jonty

A breezy, silly caper about deluded dreamers that coasts on charm and awkward laughs rather than stakes.

Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Jesse Plemons, Cole Escola, Taylor Russell

Overview: A coddled kid takes off for NYC where he joins forces with an old friend to produce a terrible Broadway play.

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Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Jesse Plemons, Cole Escola, Taylor Russell

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: ambition
friendship
art
identity
class
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Written by: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
Starring: Jesse Plemons, Cole Escola, Taylor Russell
Cinematography: Katelin Arizmendi
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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