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Hard Eight

1997 · 102 min

A quiet, brooding character study that unfolds with slow-burn tension and a pervasive sense of melancholy and moral ambiguity.

Tagline
If you stay in the game long enough, you'll see everything, win everything, and lose everything.
Overview
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • isolation
  • found family
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring
Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, F. William Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nathanael Cooper, Wynn White
Music
Jon Brion, Michael Penn
Cinematography
Robert Elswit
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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