Yes, very. More sad than 99% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Children end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Children easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Children

Name: Children
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976
Duration: 47 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Phillip Mawdsley, Robin Hooper, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley, Linda Beckett

Directed by Terence Davies

Produced by BFI

197647 min5.6 / 10

A spare, introspective portrait of childhood isolation and grief, framed through an adult's fragmented recollection of loss and alienation.

Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He seems friendless. At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry. After his father's death, there's a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed. The lad grieves, alone.

Clusters

Slow Emotional Collapse Violent Revenge Movies School Life

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Bully School

Questions people ask

Is Children sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.
Does Children end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Children easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Is Children violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Children scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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