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The Great New Wonderful

2005 · 88 min

A quiet, bittersweet mosaic of anxious lives, tinged with humor and melancholy, that asks you to sit with its unease.

Directed by: Danny Leiner
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer

Overview: The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

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Directed by: Danny Leiner
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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
isolation
family
identity
obsession
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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