Tea and Sympathy fingerprintStrong craft, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Growing up, history, and the mind
Standout characters and performances
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Tea and Sympathy is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic. Much of it is about growing up and family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Growing up, history, and the mind
Its world is built around growing up, history, and the mind.
Standout characters and performances
The characters and performances stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Tea and Sympathy is included with a subscription to YouTube TV in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 76/100 (IMDb 7.3 and Rotten Tomatoes 80%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: sexual content and disturbing imagery.
2 h 2 min
Tea and Sympathy runs 2 h 2 min.
Yes. Critics average 80 and audiences 74 out of 100, so both groups see Tea and Sympathy much the same way.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $2 million to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 2.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Tea and Sympathy in 7 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 48 storytelling tropes for Tea and Sympathy, including Shirtless Scene, Redhead in Green, Unexplained Accent.
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