Movie

Cardboard Boxer

2016 · 88 min

A quiet, sorrowful character study that lingers on loneliness and small mercies, hard to shake.

Overview: Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, survival, grief, loneliness
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
survival
grief
loneliness
redemption
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild