Silkwood
Taste attributes: dramathrillerbiographyhistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardy
"On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there."
Boxlist takeExpect a weighty, realistic thriller, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.0 /10
TMDB · 220 votes
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What lines up
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, 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
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- ABC Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
