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Now and Then

1995 · 102 min

A warm, nostalgic summer breeze of a movie, blending giggles and growing pains with a gentle tug at the heart.

Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
In every woman there is the girl she left behind.
Overview
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • grief
  • memory
Places
  • small town
  • suburbs
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Lesli Linka Glatter
Written by
I. Marlene King
Starring
Christina Ricci, Rosie O'Donnell, Thora Birch, Melanie Griffith, Gaby Hoffmann, Demi Moore, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Rita Wilson
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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