The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Dear Eleanor
Adventure · Comedy · Drama · 2016
Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Movie details
Dear Eleanor
“2 girls. 3,000 miles. They're on the road to adventure.”
2016 Adventure · Comedy · Drama 1h 29m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Dear Eleanor?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Kevin Connolly
Written by
Cecilia Contreras · Amy Garcia
Liana Liberato
Ellie Potter
Isabelle Fuhrman
Max the Wax
Josh Lucas
Frank Morris
Jessica Alba
Daisy
Luke Wilson
Bob Potter
Joel Courtney
Billy Hobgood
Patrick Schwarzenegger
Bud
Court is in session
Put Dear Eleanor on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.