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The Good House

2021 · 103 min

A wry, quietly painful character study that draws you into a woman's denial and slowly tightens toward a raw reckoning.

Directed by: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky
Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin

Overview: When wry New England realtor Hildy Good rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame, Frank Getchell, it ignites long-buried emotions and family secrets that propel Hildy toward a reckoning with the one person she's been avoiding for decades: herself. Based on the best-selling novel by Ann Leary.

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Directed by: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky
Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
identity
love
family
redemption
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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