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Strike!

1998 · 97 min

A breezy, cheeky boarding-school romp with a warm nostalgic glow and a rebellious, sisterly spirit.

Directed by
Sarah Kernochan
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
Get ready for a radical education.
Overview
In 1963 New England, a group of friends at an all-girls academy learn that they're going to be combined with a nearby all-boys institution. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.

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Directed by
Sarah Kernochan
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • rebellion
  • identity
  • gender
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Sarah Kernochan
Written by
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Starring
Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave, Tom Guiry, Rachael Leigh Cook, Vincent Kartheiser, Monica Keena, Matthew Lawrence
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
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