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What I Did for Love

2006 · 88 min

A cozy, gentle holiday comedy about awkward city manners clashing with ranch life, easy to watch and warmly predictable.

Tagline: They're young. They're in love. They're going home for Christmas.
Overview: Call him a city slicker. Call him a tenderfoot. But don't call him a member of the family--yet. Rising L.A. lawyer James White is going home for the holidays with his fiancée, Sadie Ryder, to finally meet her family in rural Pine Gap. After blundering through a bad first impression, James attempts to win over Sadie's lawyer-loathing father Karl by pretending to be a horse-riding, hay-baling, game-hunting, seasoned square dancer. But a pair of worn jeans and a ten-gallon hat don't make a cowboy, and it's going to take more than mere posturing to charm Mr. Ryder... in fact, it just might take a miracle.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
identity
class
deception
Places: countryside
small town
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	1
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: drama, romance, tv movie
Directed by: Mark Griffiths
Written by: Marjorie Sweeney
Starring: Jeremy London, Dorie Barton, James Gammon, Steve Monroe, Chase Hoyt, Jonny Acker, John Littlefield, Sally Struthers
Music: Kevin Kiner
Cinematography: James W. Wrenn
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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