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Lymelife

2008 · 95 min

A bittersweet, sharply observed suburban memory piece that balances awkward humor with quiet heartbreak.

Directed by: Derick Martini
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Rory Culkin, Jill Hennessy, Emma Roberts

Tagline: The American Dream Sucks
Overview: A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.

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Directed by: Derick Martini
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Rory Culkin, Jill Hennessy, Emma Roberts

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
betrayal
identity
love
Places: suburbs
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Derick Martini
Written by: Derick Martini, Steven Martini
Starring: Rory Culkin, Jill Hennessy, Emma Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Kieran Culkin, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon, Logan Huffman
Cinematography: Frank Godwin
Runtime: 95 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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