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Carnage

Movie · 2011 · 80 min

A tense, funny, and increasingly vicious verbal sparring match that traps you in a room with four people behaving badly.

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2011 film by Roman Polanski
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Year
2011
Runtime
80 min
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • morality
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour7
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
comedy, black comedy, drama fiction
Directed by
Roman Polanski
Written by
Roman Polanski, Yasmina Reza
Starring
Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly, Julie Adams, Tanya Lopert, Elvis Polanski
Music
Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
Paweł Edelman
Runtime
80 min
Country
Spain, Poland, France, Germany
Languages
English

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