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Margaret

2011 · 150 min

A sprawling, emotionally raw immersion into a teenager's guilt and the messy compromises of adulthood, demanding patience but rewarding with profound catharsis.

Directed by: Kenneth Lonergan
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Mark Ruffalo

Overview: 17-year-old Lisa feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in causing a traffic accident that claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right, she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and, most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course with the realities and compromises of the adult world.

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Directed by: Kenneth Lonergan
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Mark Ruffalo

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
coming-of-age
grief
family
morality
Places: big city
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Kenneth Lonergan
Written by: Kenneth Lonergan
Starring: Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Mark Ruffalo, Jeannie Berlin, Jean Reno, Sarah Steele, John Gallagher Jr., Cyrus Hernstadt
Music: Nico Muhly
Cinematography: Ryszard Lenczewski
Runtime: 150 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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