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Please Give

2010 · 90 min

A wry, tender look at guilt and family ties, with sharp dialogue and uncomfortable honesty that lingers.

Overview
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • class
  • family
  • morality
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Nicole Holofcener
Written by
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Starring
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele, Thomas Ian Nicholas
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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