Movie

Starving in Suburbia

2014 · 84 min

A queasy, claustrophobic slide into obsession, watching a bright girl quietly disappear while everyone around her looks away.

Tagline: Dying to be thin.
Overview: A 17-year-old dancer joins a "thinspiration" website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of "thin", until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, identity, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
isolation
family
coming-of-age
Places: suburbs
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild