Does Desperately Seeking Susan end with hope?

Yes. More hopeful than 81% 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 Desperately Seeking Susan easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 77% 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 Desperately Seeking Susan sad?

Not especially. Less sad than 73% 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 Desperately Seeking Susan violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% 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 Desperately Seeking Susan scary?

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.

Desperately Seeking Susan

Name: Desperately Seeking Susan
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1985
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy

Every man is desperate to have her. One woman is desperate to be her. But someone is desperate to kill her. If they can figure out who she is.

Directed by Susan Seidelman

Produced by Orion Pictures

1985104 min6.1 / 10

A spirited, comedic romp about mistaken identity and self-reinvention that uses chaos and confusion as a vehicle for a woman's liberation from suburban conformity.

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

Clusters

Funny Misfit Road Trip Whimsical Reinvention Through Romance Lighthearted Pirate Adventures Con Artist Karma Amnesia and Memory Loss Movies

Genres

Comedy Crime

Keywords

Amnesia Lonely Hearts Ad Woman Director

Where to watch

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Questions people ask

Does Desperately Seeking Susan end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is Desperately Seeking Susan easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.
Is Desperately Seeking Susan sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.
Is Desperately Seeking Susan violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Desperately Seeking Susan 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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