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Nora Roberts' Angels Fall

2007 · 90 min

A gentle, suspenseful small-town mystery with a fragile heroine and a slow-burning romance, easy to watch but tinged with unease.

Directed by: Ralph Hemecker
Genres: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Starring: Heather Locklear, Johnathon Schaech, Gary Hudson

Overview: A woman starts a new life in a small Wyoming mountain town after suffering a traumatic event on the other side of the country - but one day, she witnesses a murder in the woods...

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Directed by: Ralph Hemecker
Genres: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Starring: Heather Locklear, Johnathon Schaech, Gary Hudson

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: trauma
isolation
mystery
deception
healing
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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