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Beaches

1988 · 123 min

A warm, tear-jerking story of lifelong friendship that balances laughter and heartbreak, leaving you moved and comforted.

Directed by
Garry Marshall
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
Tagline
Some Friendships Last Forever
Overview
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

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Directed by
Garry Marshall
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • grief
  • love
  • class
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Genres
comedy, drama, music
Directed by
Garry Marshall
Written by
Mary Agnes Donoghue
Starring
Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, James Read, Grace Johnston, Mayim Bialik
Music
Georges Delerue
Cinematography
Dante Spinotti
Runtime
123 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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