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Skipped Parts

2000 · 100 min

A gentle, offbeat coming-of-age story that balances awkward humor with tender moments, like a nostalgic memory of a messy adolescence.

Tagline
There's nothing like knowing what you've been missing.
Overview
A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Tamra Davis
Written by
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Starring
Bug Hall, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mischa Barton, Peggy Lipton, Angela Featherstone, R. Lee Ermey, Michael Greyeyes, Alison Pill
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Cinematography
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Runtime
100 min
Country
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Languages
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