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God's Pocket

2014 · 88 min

A grimy, slow-burning slice of working-class life that feels like a bleak, darkly comic tragedy of errors.

Directed by: John Slattery
Genres: Drama
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks

Tagline: The only thing they can't forgive is not being from ... God's Pocket
Overview: A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.

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Directed by: John Slattery
Genres: Drama
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: grief
corruption
isolation
family
class
Places: small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: John Slattery
Written by: Alex Metcalf, John Slattery
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, Eddie Marsan, Caleb Landry Jones, Domenick Lombardozzi, Eddie McGee
Music: Nathan Larson
Cinematography: Lance Acord
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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