Movie

A Taste of Honey

1961 · 100 min

A stark, tender portrait of resilience, steeped in working-class realism and quiet heartbreak.

Tagline: We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.
Overview: While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, coming-of-age, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: family
isolation
coming-of-age
identity
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild