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Main Street

2010 · 92 min

A quiet, character-driven drama about a struggling town and the outsider who stirs hope and unease, unfolding with gentle melancholy and earnest humanism.

Directed by: John Doyle
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson

Tagline: An offer too good to be true... it just might be.
Overview: From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five Points, a diverse group of residents and their respective life changes when outsider Gus Leroy brings something new and potentially dangerous into their quiet town.

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Directed by: John Doyle
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
identity
family
grief
healing
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: John Doyle
Written by: Horton Foote
Starring: Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson, Orlando Bloom, Amber Tamblyn, Andrew McCarthy, Margo Martindale, Victoria Clark
Music: Patrick Doyle
Runtime: 92 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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