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My One and Only

2009 · 108 min

A gentle, bittersweet road trip through 1950s America, mixing light comedy with family drama and a touch of nostalgia.

Overview
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Richard Loncraine
Written by
Charlie Peters
Starring
Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Kevin Bacon, Troy Garity, David Koechner, Eric McCormack, Chris Noth, Molly C. Quinn
Music
Mark Isham
Cinematography
Marco Pontecorvo
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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