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Diminished Capacity

2008 · 92 min

A gentle, low-key comedy-drama that ambles along with warmth and mild quirkiness, easy to watch and quietly touching.

Directed by: Terry Kinney
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda

Overview: A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.

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Directed by: Terry Kinney
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
family
aging
love
healing
Places: small town
big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
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Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Terry Kinney
Written by: Doug Bost, Sherwood Kiraly
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda, Jimmy Bennett, Louis C.K., Jim True-Frost, Dylan Baker, Bobby Cannavale
Cinematography: Vanja Černjul
Runtime: 92 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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