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Scorched

2003 · 95 min

A breezy, goofy caper where small-town grudges and dumb luck collide, keeping things light and forgettable.

Directed by
Gavin Grazer
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Tagline
How many tellers does it take to rob a bank?
Overview
Three mischievous employees of a bank in a small deserted town all make plans to rob it at the same time, however none of them knows about the others.

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Directed by
Gavin Grazer
Genres
Comedy, Crime
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • greed
  • revenge
  • work
  • betrayal
  • ambition
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Gavin Grazer
Written by
Joe Wein
Starring
Alicia Silverstone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Woody Harrelson, John Cleese, David Krumholtz, Joshua Leonard, Ivan Sergei, Paulo Costanzo
Music
John Frizzell
Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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