Movie

The Strange Ones

2018 · 82 min

A slow, unsettling road trip where nothing is quite what it seems, leaving you uneasy and watchful.

Overview: Mysterious events surround the travels of two brothers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets. This is the feature film version of the 2011 short film going by the same name.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, deception, trauma, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
deception
trauma
isolation
memory
Places: road trip
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild