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Inventing the Abbotts
Drama, Romance
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy earnest period romances about young love, family resentment, and the emotional consequences of crossing class boundaries.
- Tone
- romantic, nostalgic, bittersweet
- Payoff
- swoon, heartbreak
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- class division, forbidden love, family secrets, sibling rivalry, coming of age
- Setting
- 1950s, sleepy Midwestern small town divided by class
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