The X Files
Film1998121 min

The X Files

Taste attributes: mysteryscience fictionthrillerpsychologicalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesmonster/alien/supernaturaldramamafia/gangsterslowunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealglossybig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, morally murky sci-fi film: weighty and sweeping. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: surreal · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Balanced originality, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
  • Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

all consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsunderdog triumphs

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

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

Cast

David DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiWilliam B. DavisJohn Neville

Details

Genre
Mystery
Year
1998
Runtime
121 min
Status
Released
Studio
20th Century Fox
Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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