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Checkered Ninja

2018 · 83 min

A wild, funny, and darkly satirical ride with a foul-mouthed ninja doll, blending crude humor with surprisingly touching moments.

Directed by: Anders Matthesen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Anders Matthesen, Emma Sehested Høeg, Alfred Bjerre Larsen

Overview: A possessed Ninja doll teams up with a teenage boy to avenge the murder of a poor child factory worker.

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Directed by: Anders Matthesen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Anders Matthesen, Emma Sehested Høeg, Alfred Bjerre Larsen

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
coming-of-age
friendship
justice
class
Places: big city
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	2
Humour	8
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: animation, comedy, adventure, fantasy
Directed by: Anders Matthesen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen
Written by: Anders Matthesen
Starring: Anders Matthesen, Emma Sehested Høeg, Alfred Bjerre Larsen, Ava Connolly, Aloïs Agaësse-Mahieu, Stéphane Ronchewski, Martial Leminoux
Music: Christian Vinten
Runtime: 83 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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