Ragtime
Taste attributes: dramamusic/danceslowfresh & originalwholesomeheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentary
"The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age."
Boxlist takeExpect an inventive, emotional drama, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.1 /10
TMDB · 99 votes
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Directed by
- Miloš Forman
Cast
- James Cagney
- Brad Dourif
- Moses Gunn
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Kenneth McMillan
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Dino De Laurentiis Company
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
