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Sarah, Plain and Tall

1991 · 98 min

A gentle, heartfelt drama about loss and belonging, with warm performances and a quiet, earnest tone.

Tagline
It took all of her courage to come and all of her love to stay
Overview
Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. John takes out an ad in a newspaper for a mail-order bride, to which the "plain and tall" Sarah Wheaton answers, soon traveling from Maine to Kansas to become John's wife. Despite the love that grows between Sarah and the family, Sarah finds herself homesick, and she must ultimately choose whether or not to stay.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • loneliness
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, family, romance, tv movie
Directed by
Glenn Jordan
Written by
Carol Sobieski, Patricia MacLachlan
Starring
Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Małgorzata Zajączkowska, Jon DeVries, James Rebhorn, Woody Watson, Betty Laird
Music
David Shire
Cinematography
Mike Fash
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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