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drama
153
Stimulating
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
43
Educational Value/50
29
Craft & Quality/50
44
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
1996 Best Picture nominee. Mike Leigh's improvisational drama about a Black optometrist who discovers her birth mother is a white working-class woman.
High cognitive demands from Leigh's long-take confrontational style. Some educational value from the British class and race dynamics. Brenda Blethyn's emotional breakdown scene is among the most raw in cinema history.
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