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David and Lisa

1998 · 86 min

A quiet, earnest TV drama that asks you to sit with two troubled young people and watch them slowly reach each other.

Directed by
Lloyd Kramer
Genres
Drama, Romance, Tv movie
Starring
Sidney Poitier, Lukas Haas, Brittany Murphy
Overview
A psychiatrist tries to treat an emotionally disturbed teenage boy who has a pathological fear of being touched. The only person who can communicate emotionally with the young patient is a girl suffering from split personalities who speaks in rhymes and withdraws from anyone who refuses to do the same.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Lloyd Kramer
Genres
Drama, Romance, Tv movie
Starring
Sidney Poitier, Lukas Haas, Brittany Murphy
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • healing
    • love
    • family
    Places
    • hospital
    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
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance, tv movie
    Directed by
    Lloyd Kramer
    Written by
    Lloyd Kramer, Eleanor Perry, Theodore Isaac Rubin
    Starring
    Sidney Poitier, Lukas Haas, Brittany Murphy, Debi Mazar, Allison Janney, Kim Murphy, Giuseppe Andrews, Vicellous Shannon
    Music
    Marco Beltrami
    Cinematography
    James D. Cooper
    Runtime
    86 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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