Movie

Doing Time

2002 · 93 min

Quietly amusing vignettes of rigid routine that slowly reveal how boredom and rules reshape a person, wry and gently sad.

Overview: A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.
How it feels: Satirical, light, melancholic and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, identity, freedom, work
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
freedom
work
obsession
Places: prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild