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Thoroughbreds

2018 · 92 min

A cold, precise chamber piece that glides on icy wit and unsettling calm, making upper-class cruelty feel both absurd and genuinely dangerous.

Directed by: Cory Finley
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin

Tagline: Good breeding gone bad
Overview: Lily and Amanda, two high school students living in suburban Connecticut, rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of drifting apart. Together, they devise a plan to kill Lily's abusive stepfather by hiring a lowlife drug dealer.

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Directed by: Cory Finley
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 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: betrayal
morality
friendship
class
obsession
Places: suburbs
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, thriller
Directed by: Cory Finley
Written by: Cory Finley
Starring: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks, Francie Swift, Kaili Vernoff, Alyssa Fishenden, Jackson Damon
Music: Erik Friedlander
Cinematography: Lyle Vincent
Runtime: 92 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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