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The PHD movie
“Life (or the lack thereof) in academia”
67%
Movie
1h 5m
AI Analysis
The PHD movie (2011) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The PHD movie (2011) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: "Piled Higher and Deeper" The Movie is a live-action adaptation of the popular online comic strip by Jorge Cham. It was filmed on location at and was produced in partnership with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The film introduces audiences to the unique and funny culture of Academia and follows fo… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~65 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The PHD movie 67% (15 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
"Piled Higher and Deeper" The Movie is a live-action adaptation of the popular online comic strip by Jorge Cham. It was filmed on location at and was produced in partnership with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The film introduces audiences to the unique and funny culture of Academia and follows four graduate students (Cecilia, Mike, Tajel and the “Nameless Grad Student”) as they struggle to find balance between research, teaching and their personal lives with humor and heart.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2011-08-12
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- TMDB rating
- 6.7
- TMDB ID
- 75680
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"Piled Higher and Deeper" The Movie is a live-action adaptation of the popular online comic strip by Jorge Cham. It was filmed on location at and was produced in partnership with the California Ins... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The PHD movie is approximately 65 minutes.
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