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The Legend of Barney Thomson

2015 · 96 min

A grimly funny Glasgow noir that drifts from deadpan misery into grisly farce, keeping you uneasy and amused at once.

Overview: Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
How it feels: Dark, absurd, cynical and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, death, family, identity
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
death
family
identity
isolation
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild