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Kes

1970Movie1 h 51 minPG-132 awards

Drama
91
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Letterboxd4.2/5Rotten Tomatoes100%91%
91
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Letterboxd4.2/5Rotten Tomatoes100%91%

Summary

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.

Good for

  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

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  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Hits close to home.
  • Breaks your heart.
  • Pays off your patience.

Not for laughs or scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Artistic License – Sportsin 455 titlesHaving established that his team are to play the part of Manchester United, Mr Sugden refuses to allow the opposing team to be Liverpool because the teams' colours are too similar.Character Developmentin 1,719 titlesFor Billy after he adopts Kes the Kestrel. He steadily comes out of his shell, but his overall dissociated attitude doesn't change too much.All 34 tropes

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