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Nothing in Common

1986 · 118 min

A gentle, bittersweet comedy-drama that balances laughs with the ache of watching a shallow man forced to grow up and care for his parents.

Directed by
Garry Marshall
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Tagline
It's a comedy. And a drama. Just like life.
Overview
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

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Directed by
Garry Marshall
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • aging
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Garry Marshall
Written by
Michael Preminger, Rick Podell
Starring
Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Héctor Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Bess Armstrong, Sela Ward, Cindy Harrell
Music
Patrick Leonard
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo
Runtime
118 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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