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Reservation Road

2007 · 102 min

A heavy, sorrowful watch that sits with grief and guilt, tightening slowly toward a confrontation you dread and hope for at once.

Directed by: Terry George
Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly, Elle Fanning

Tagline: To find the truth you have to find who's hiding it.
Overview: Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.

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Directed by: Terry George
Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly, Elle Fanning

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: grief
guilt
family
revenge
morality
Places: suburbs
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, crime, thriller
Directed by: Terry George
Written by: John Burnham Schwartz, Terry George
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly, Elle Fanning, Sean Curley, Mark Ruffalo, Mira Sorvino, Gary Kohn, Eddie Alderson
Music: Mark Isham
Cinematography: John Lindley
Runtime: 102 min
Country: United States of America, Germany
Languages: English

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