Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

There is a moment - a long moment - when everything is risked with the proper stranger

Directed by Robert Mulligan

Produced by Paramount Pictures, Boardwalk Productions

1963102 min6.8 / 10

A romantic comedy-drama about an unplanned pregnancy that evolves into genuine connection between two mismatched New Yorkers navigating family pressure and personal growth.

Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family, engages in a short-lived affair with a handsome jazz musician named Rocky Papasano. When Angie becomes pregnant, she tracks down Rocky hoping he'll pay for her abortion.

Questions people ask

  • Is Love with the Proper Stranger violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Love with the Proper Stranger easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Love with the Proper Stranger scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Love with the Proper Stranger end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Love with the Proper Stranger sad? 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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Love60

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