All Quiet on the Western Front
Taste attributes: dramawartried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connections
"They left for war as boys never to return as men."
Boxlist takeA heavy, grounded war film: moving and raw. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of which he had not conceived of when signing up to fight. They eventually become sad, tormented, and confused of their purpose.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1930
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
