|
Actors: Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel
|
|
| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Taking Off |
|---|
Jeannie Tyne is a runaway teenager who started a new life in New York, getting familar of the big city that she never been to before. But her high strung parents Lynn and Larry believes she is missing. Larry and his best friend Tony plans a search for Jeannie, but their journey is put on a hold after the two went on a drinking spree at a local bar.
In the meantime, Lynn and Tony's wife Margot begin a intimate discussion about their sex lives. Despite their own foolish behavior, Lynn and Larry cracks down hard on Jeannie when she finally returns home. The Tynes accused their own daughter of becoming a junkie, yet their hypocritical ways is another thing, as they in turn under the influence of narcotics during a meeting of a support for parents about runaway teens.
The hyprocrisy continues as their anger towards Jeannie become worse when Jeannie's long-haired boyfriend is one second away from being kicked out of their home, until the Tynes realizes that the boy is a well to do guy with plenty of money.
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
|
| Analysis of Taking Off |
|---|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about
books by breaking them down into many different literary
elements, all of which are searchable (click here). |
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- runaways!
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Mother
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
|
| Most similar reviews by Gordonator ranking |
|---|
| Joe the King
starring Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer, John Leguizamo, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke
|
| Tex
starring Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly, Bill McKinney, Emilio Estevez
|
| Rock 'n' Roll High School
starring P.J. Soles, Dey Young, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard
|
| Bugsy Malone
starring Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster
|
| Cooley High
starring Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Glynn Turman, Garrett Morris
|
|
Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR:
 Alicia M.
SCHOLARS:
|
|
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
|
