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Actors: Jeremy Northam, Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Winslow Boy
Legal drama about a boy accused of a crime.
--Jenny, Resident Scholar


Analysis of The Winslow Boy
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1900-1920's
Legal/Political Thriller? Yes
Legal Thriller Plotlets: - finding out whether someone is really guilty
Romance Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can read emotions - mind reading - is very quick
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - very skinny (woman)
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Movie makes you feel... - encouraged
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
Is this movie based on a - play
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