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The Go-Between

1971Movie1 h 56 minPG

DramaRomance
86
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.1Rotten Tomatoes100%78%
86
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.1Rotten Tomatoes100%78%

Summary

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

Skip it if

  • You want fast pacing

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Fingerprint

  • Breaks your heart.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Takes you back.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Leaves you longing.

Not for laughs, scares or adrenaline.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Black Magicin 128 titlesLeo is bullied at school but gains some respect, not least from Marcus, by his interest in the occult and apparent ability to cast a functioning curse.Fish out of Waterin 1,108 titlesLeo is a scholarship boy at his boarding school. He lives modestly with his over-protective widowed mother and knows nothing of the conventions of the upper classes.All 17 tropes

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