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Darby and the Dead

2022 · 100 min

A breezy, good-natured teen comedy with a ghostly twist, balancing silly high-school antics with a gentle emotional core about loss and fitting in.

Directed by
Silas Howard
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Tagline
Ghosted but not gone.
Overview
After Darby Harper suffered a near-death experience as a child, she gained the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirits in her spare time. When an unexpected occurrence happens between Darby and Capri, the most popular girl at her high school, Darby reluctantly agrees to help her and in the process learns how to fit in with the living world again.

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Directed by
Silas Howard
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • grief
  • identity
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
Places
  • school
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, fantasy, drama
Directed by
Silas Howard
Written by
Becca Greene
Starring
Asher Angel, Riele Downs, Auliʻi Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs, Wayne Knight, Derek Luke, Tony Danza, Nicole Maines
Music
Roger Neill
Cinematography
Ante Cheng
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America, South Africa
Languages
English

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