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North

1994 · 87 min

A frantic, silly dream-adventure that jumps between oddball families, feeling more like a scattered comedy sketch than a story.

Directed by
Rob Reiner
Genres
Comedy, Family, Adventure
Tagline
Ever wonder what your life would be like with different parents? A boy named North did.
Overview
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.

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Directed by
Rob Reiner
Genres
Comedy, Family, Adventure
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • love
Places
  • suburbs
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism2
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, family, adventure
Directed by
Rob Reiner
Written by
Alan Zweibel, Andrew Scheinman
Starring
Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Lovitz, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Bates
Music
Marc Shaiman
Cinematography
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Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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