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Marjorie Morningstar

1958 · 123 min

A bittersweet, earnest romance that unfolds slowly, tracing a young woman's growth through love and disillusionment with a warm, nostalgic glow.

Tagline: Would this glamorous girl choose love...or a star-spangled Career?
Overview: While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class New York Jew, but has fallen away from his roots, and Marjorie's parents object among other things to his lack of a suitable profession. Noel himself warns Marjorie repeatedly that she's much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, identity, love, family
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
love
family
trauma
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild