TV series

Why Try to Change Me Now

2023 · 1 season

A slow, wintry trudge through a decaying town where old friendships and buried secrets weigh heavily on every quiet scene.

Overview: In the 1990s, a series of murders rocks a run-down industrial city in north-eastern China.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Crime, isolation, friendship, memory
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
isolation
friendship
memory
death
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild