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The Guilt Trip

2012 · 95 min

A gentle, funny road trip that mixes awkward mother-son bickering with genuine warmth and a few tender moments.

Directed by
Anne Fletcher
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
Get ready for one mother of a road trip.
Overview
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.

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Directed by
Anne Fletcher
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Anne Fletcher
Written by
Dan Fogelman
Starring
Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand, Yvonne Strahovski, Colin Hanks, Brett Cullen, Adam Scott, Ari Graynor, Kathy Najimy
Music
Christophe Beck
Cinematography
Oliver Stapleton
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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