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Neverwas

2005 · 103 min

A quiet, melancholy stroll through grief and imagination, where reality and story blur until they heal.

Directed by: Joshua Michael Stern
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy

Tagline: Every fairy tale needs its hero.
Overview: Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.

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Directed by: Joshua Michael Stern
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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
identity
madness
family
healing
Places: hospital
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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