Film201697 min

A Hologram for the King

Name: A Hologram for the King
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2016
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Tom Hanks, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ben Whishaw, Tom Skerritt

Taste attributes: comedydramaromancerobots/ai/spaceslowfresh & originalimaginarysimpleenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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"How far will you go? To find yourself."

Boxlist takeA heightened comedy-drama that is fresh, simple and stirring. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

5.8 /10

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Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

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