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Hal

2019Movie1 h 30 min

Documentary
59
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2Metacritic72–
59
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2Metacritic72–

Summary

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Background watch

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Feels like real life.
  • Breaks your heart.

Not for laughs or scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Flashback TwistRare · in 17 titlesThe button that Kurumi fixes throughout the movie is actually a digital camera that reveals all the time that Hal and Kurumi spent together.All 47 tropes

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