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Hugo Pool

1997 · 92 min

A quirky, bittersweet day-in-the-life comedy that mixes eccentric characters with a tender, sad romance.

Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
A comedy with serious relief
Overview
Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 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
  • love
  • death
  • family
  • isolation
  • work
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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