Bart Got a Room
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →High school loser Danny Stein needs a prom date. As a cause of anxiety for Danny, Bart Beeber, the nerdiest guy in school, has already found a date. At the same time, Danny's divorced parents are both seeking relationships again.
Our read · Bart Got a Room (2008) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Bart Got a Room
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The reading.
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