Movie

The Beguiled

2017 · 93 min

A hushed, humid slow burn of polite tension and simmering desire that tightens into something quietly vicious and unsettling.

Tagline: Innocent, until betrayed.
Overview: During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, betrayal, isolation, gender
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
betrayal
isolation
gender
power
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild