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A Lot Like Love

2005 · 107 min

A gentle, meandering romance that drifts through years of missed chances, leaving a warm and bittersweet aftertaste.

Directed by: Nigel Cole
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Kathryn Hahn

Tagline: There's nothing better than a great romance... to ruin a perfectly good friendship.
Overview: On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to... lovers?

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Directed by: Nigel Cole
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Kathryn Hahn

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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: love
friendship
identity
ambition
fate
Places: big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	8
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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