Is Ithaca easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 82% 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.

Barely. Less frightening than 76% 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.

Yes. More sad than 75% 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.

Not especially. Less violent than 74% 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 Ithaca end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 71% 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.

Ithaca

Name: Ithaca
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater, Alex Neustaedter, Meg Ryan, Jack Quaid

One message will change everything.

Directed by Meg Ryan

Produced by Pilothouse Pictures, Apple Lane Productions

201596 min5.2 / 10

A tender wartime coming-of-age story about a young messenger boy navigating loss, responsibility, and moral awakening in a small California town during 1942.

In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his 4-year-old brother, Ulysses. And so it is that as spring turns to summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain... and death... to the good people of Ithaca. And Homer Macauley will grapple with one message that will change him forever - from a boy into a man. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan's 1943 novel, The Human Comedy, ITHACA is the quintessential wartime tale of the Home Front. It is a coming-of-age story about the exuberance of youth, the sweetness of life, the sting of death and the modesty and sheer goodness that lives in each and every one of us.

Clusters

Heartwarming Family Friendships Founders and Visionaries Bittersweet Second Chances Strong Female Characters

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Based On Novel Or Book Woman Director

Questions people ask

Is Ithaca easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.
Is Ithaca scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Ithaca sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.
Is Ithaca violent? Not especially. Less violent than 74% of films.
Does Ithaca end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 71% of films.

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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