A Matter of Life and Death
Taste attributes: comedydramafantasyromancehistoricalimaginarylinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers all
"Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!"
Boxlist takeFantastical and moving: a romantic comedy that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.8 /10
TMDB · 245 votes
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake, and dispatch an angel to collect him.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1946
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
