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Alchemy

2005 · 86 min

A light, playful romantic comedy that breezes by with gentle academic rivalry and a whimsical tech twist.

Directed by
Evan Oppenheimer
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
love doesn't always compute
Overview
Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known professor?

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Directed by
Evan Oppenheimer
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • love
  • technology
  • identity
  • ambition
  • race
Places
  • school
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
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
Realism6
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Evan Oppenheimer
Written by
Evan Oppenheimer
Starring
Tom Cavanagh, Sarah Chalke, James Barbour, Michael Ian Black, Nadia Dajani, Illeana Douglas, Celeste Holm, Logan Marshall-Green
Music
Peter Lurye
Cinematography
Luke Geissbühler
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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