
55 Steps
Taste attributes: dramabiographylegalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryunlikely connections
"Justice is won step by step"
Boxlist takeA grounded drama that is smart, serious and unhurried. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.8 /10
TMDB · 123 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Directed by
- Bille August
Cast
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Hilary Swank
- Jeffrey Tambor
- Johan Heldenbergh
- Michael Culkin
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Aloe Entertainment
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











