Is My Favorite Year 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.

Does My Favorite Year 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 My Favorite Year scary?

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.

Is My Favorite Year violent?

Barely. Less violent 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.

Is My Favorite Year sad?

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.

My Favorite Year

Name: My Favorite Year
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1982
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy

The year the dreams came true.

Directed by Richard Benjamin

Produced by Brooksfilms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

198292 min6.6 / 10

A warm, playful comedy-drama about a young writer's disillusionment and redemption when his childhood hero arrives as a flawed, troubled man, set against the golden age of live television.

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.

Clusters

Family Reunions and Second Chances American City Movies Alcohol and Drinking Television Industry Movies Period Setting By Decade

Genres

Comedy Drama

Keywords

New York City Alcoholism Live Television Acting 1950s

Questions people ask

Is My Favorite Year easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.
Does My Favorite Year end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is My Favorite Year scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is My Favorite Year violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is My Favorite Year 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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