Desperate Housewives
TV Series2004Ended

Desperate Housewives

Taste attributes: comedydramamysteryrealisticglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeA glossy comedy-drama series, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like polish over grit.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connections

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

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

Cast

Teri HatcherFelicity HuffmanMarcia CrossEva LongoriaRicardo Chavira

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
2004
Runtime
60 min
Status
Ended
Taste scores
How we score

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

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