Detachment
Film201198 min

Detachment

Taste attributes: dramaanimalsslowfresh & originalheavylinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeAn inventive drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesolving the riddle/not as it seems

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Adrien BrodyMarcia Gay HardenJames CaanChristina HendricksLucy Liu

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2011
Runtime
98 min
Status
Released
Studio
Appian Way
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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