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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

2019 · 4 min

A breezy, silly four-minute chat where a clueless toy asks big questions and gets gently teased by kindly old-timers.

Directed by: Bob Peterson
Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy
Starring: Tony Hale, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks

Overview: Forky attempts to understand the concept of love from Bonnie’s elder toys who believe they’ve been there, done that.

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Directed by: Bob Peterson
Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy
Starring: Tony Hale, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 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: love
friendship
aging
identity
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	7
Realism	2
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Genres: animation, family, comedy
Directed by: Bob Peterson
Written by: Bob Peterson
Starring: Tony Hale, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Carol Burnett, Betty White, Kristen Schaal, Bob Peterson
Runtime: 4 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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