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The Goofball
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1h 31m
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The Goofball (1998) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Goofball (1998) — a movie tagged as cinema with heartwarming moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he regularly goes. He somehow agrees to help her to look for her run-away son, Masaru. Unfortunate to Hisashi, Masaru starts following his around instead of returning home,… Our models also surface themes such as friendship from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~91 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Goofball 100% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he regularly goes. He somehow agrees to help her to look for her run-away son, Masaru. Unfortunate to Hisashi, Masaru starts following his around instead of returning home, after he was found by Hisashi. Then they end up stealing a gun from a police officer! In their course of running away, the similar two who cannot adapt to society very well start to develop a mutual friendship…
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- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1998-06-27
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- TMDB rating
- 10.0
- TMDB ID
- 312400
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Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he regularly goes. He somehow agrees to help her to ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie The Goofball?
The official runtime for The Goofball is approximately 91 minutes.
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