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arry Hains' portrayal of "Evan", an orphaned 22 year old is quite sensitive in this melodrama about a lad searching for a sense of identity and for family. He buys an old movie camera and some films and sets about restoring them to discover they are about the family of the man he…
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The Surface
58%
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1h 19m
AI Analysis
The Surface (2015) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Surface (2015) — a movie tagged as Drama with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~79 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Surface 58% (13 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2015-06-27
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 343859
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Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to liv... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The Surface is approximately 79 minutes.
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Cast
Harry Hains
Evan Jones
- N
Nicholas McDonald
Chris Stentz
- M
Michael Redford
Peter Berg
- K
Kyle Patrick Darling
Justin Fishman
- S
Samantha Bowling
Michelle
Jinny Chung
Amy Chen
- R
Robert E. Weiner
Harry Berg
- I
Iva Turner
Yard Sale Shopper
Koji Niiya
John the Bartender
- A
Ari David
A.J. Party Guy
- D
Devon Walker
Party Guy
- C
Craig Weiffenbach
Angry Pool Man
Gabe White
Young Peter Berg
Miles Platt
Mark
Bryson Pitts
Young Evan
- C
Casey Sullivan
Tom, Evan's Stepfather
- S
Stephanie Lehrer
Marie's Friend, Woman at Dinner 1
Ivan Bohman
Bob, Man at Dinner 1
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arry Hains' portrayal of "Evan", an orphaned 22 year old is quite sensitive in this melodrama about a lad searching for a sense of identity and for family. He buys an old movie camera and some films and sets about restoring them to discover they are about the family of the man he bought it from. This triggers in him a need for a sort of emotional freedom so he splits from his long term boyfriend and takes up with the son of the man who sold him the camera. It's a good looking, if hardly ground breaking, film that tries to deal with self-appreciation and longing; and it makes a decent fist of it.
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