Big Wednesday
Taste attributes: comedydramasportshistoricalteenrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcoming of agecomplex relationshipgame/competitionunlikely connections
"A day will come that is like no other... and nothing that happens after will ever be the same."
Boxlist takeA stirring, grounded comedy-drama: small-scale and simple. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.1 /10
TMDB · 123 votes
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- A-Team
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
