Movie

Attention, the Kids Are Watching

1978 · 103 min

A slow-burning, unsettling watch that turns a sunlit seaside into a stage for moral decay, leaving you tense and complicit.

Overview: In a seaside villa, under the care of a nanny, a group of children spend most of their days watching violent television shows.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Guilt, isolation, family, deception
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
isolation
family
deception
violence
Places: small town
sea
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none