Movie

The Crescent

2017 · 99 min

A slow, haunting plunge into grief and isolation, where quiet moments of parenting and art curdle into something deeply unsettling.

Overview: After an unexpected death in the family, a mother and son struggle to find spiritual healing at a beachfront summer home.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, isolation, parenthood, madness
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
isolation
parenthood
madness
survival
Places: single country house
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none