High Strung
Film201696 min

High Strung

Taste attributes: dramamusicromancemusic/dancewholesomerealisticsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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"See the music. Hear the dance."

Boxlist takeA stirring, grounded romantic drama: warm-hearted and simple. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

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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
  • Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

all consuming questcomplex relationshiplove conquers all

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Keenan KampaNicholas GalitzineJane SeymourSonoya MizunoPaul Freeman

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2016
Runtime
96 min
Status
Released
Studio
Sforzando Productions
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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