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2015 · comedy · drama · romance

People Places Things (2015)

Directed by Jim Strouse1h 25m2015

Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, all the while trying to navigate the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him.

Our read: People Places Things (2015) (2015) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Warm, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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How People Places Things feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a warm, funny, real look at divorce, co-parenting and tentative new love.”

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