Movie

Prince Avalanche

2013 · 94 min

A quiet, meandering comedy-drama that finds gentle humor and melancholy in two mismatched men bonding amid a fire-scarred landscape.

Overview: Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and whimsical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, friendship, grief, identity
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
friendship
grief
identity
parenthood
Places: countryside
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild