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Chestnut: Hero of Central Park

2004 · 86 min

A light, warm-hearted family comedy with gentle stakes and a lovable dog at its centre.

Overview
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 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
  • found family
  • loyalty
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, comedy
Directed by
Robert Vince
Written by
Anna McRoberts, Anne Vince
Starring
Abigail Breslin, Makenzie Vega, Irene Olga López, Louis Ferreira, Christine Tucci, Maurice Godin, Ethan Phillips, Fred Ewanuick
Music
Brahm Wenger
Cinematography
Arthur E. Cooper
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
French, English

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