
Ariel
Taste attributes: comedycrimedramaromanceslowrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evillove conquers allunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeExpect a small-scale, stirring crime comedy, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.8 /10
TMDB · 149 votes
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Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
Taisto Kasurinen is a Finnish coal miner whose father has just committed suicide and who is framed for a crime he did not commit. In jail, he starts to dream about leaving the country and starting a new life. He escapes from prison but things don't go as planned...
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Villealfa Filmproductions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











