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Winter Passing

2006 · 98 min

A quiet, wintry character study that drifts between sadness and dry humour, rewarding patience with a slow thaw of feeling.

Directed by: Adam Rapp
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Ed Harris

Tagline: Sometimes you go looking for something you want. . . and find what you need.
Overview: Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.

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Directed by: Adam Rapp
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Ed Harris

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
isolation
identity
healing
Places: single country house
small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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