Film200495 min

The Clearing

Name: The Clearing
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2004
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Matt Craven

Taste attributes: dramamysterythrillerromancemafia/gangsterheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeGrounded and layered: a serious thriller. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

5.9 /10

TMDB · 182 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, 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

When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.

Synopsis: TMDB