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Diner

1982 · 110 min

A warm, meandering hangout with friends who kid each other endlessly while quietly facing the end of their youth.

Tagline: Suddenly, life was more than French fries, gravy, and girls.
Overview: Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
love
identity
family
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Written by: Barry Levinson
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser, Kathryn Dowling
Music: Ivan Král, Bruce Brody
Cinematography: Peter Sova
Runtime: 110 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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