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Actors: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn
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This is an emotional drama starring Diane Keaton as Bessie, a woman who takes care of her elderly father (Hume Cronyn) in Florida. Her sister Lee (Meryl Streep) is having her own family problems in Ohio with her emotional unstable son Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio). Bessie goes to see Dr. Wally (Robert De Niro) and ha takes some blood to rule out if she has a vitamin deficiency. It turns out that she has leukemia. Meanwhile, Hank sets Lee's house on fire after he sets some pictures of her on fire. Hank is then sent to an institution to live. Dr. Wally convinces Bessie to call Lee, who is now living in a church, to come down to Florida and stay with her to see if her or her sons are a match as a bone marrow donor. The rest of the movie is about Hank, Bessie and Lee bonding and learning about each others lives.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Son
Family, caring for sick?
Yes
Who is sick?
- Father
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Miami
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- play
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