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Love at Large

1990 · 97 min

A stylish, offbeat noir romance with a wry, dreamlike mood and a tangled, character-driven mystery.

Tagline
Love is the only lead worth following.
Overview
Inept private investigator Harry Dobbs meets vampish new client Miss Dolan, who wants him to follow her abusive lover. But Dobbs sets about tailing a different person entirely – a mysterious character leading a double life. Harry, however, discovers that he himself is being followed by a distaff gumshoe.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • love
  • deception
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, drama, mystery, romance
Directed by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
97 min
Country
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Languages
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