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Try Seventeen

2002 · 96 min

A gentle, quirky coming-of-age story that drifts between daydreams and small heartbreaks, easy to watch and quietly bittersweet.

Directed by: Jeffrey Porter
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring: Elijah Wood, Franka Potente, Mandy Moore

Tagline: You're only seventeen once. For Jones Dillon, it's one time too many.
Overview: Teenager Jones has opted not to go to college and is instead renting a room in a boarding house to work on his writing skills. Soon, Jones finds himself dividing his time between two women: a young actress named Lisa and a photographer named Jane. After Jane's ex-boyfriend arrives to help her recover from a car accident, Jones begins to understand just how much he cares for her.

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Directed by: Jeffrey Porter
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring: Elijah Wood, Franka Potente, Mandy Moore

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
love
family
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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