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Armageddon Time

2022 · 114 min

A quiet, bittersweet memory piece that lingers on small betrayals and the weight of growing up aware of injustice.

Directed by
James Gray
Genres
Drama
Starring
Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong
Tagline
The end of an era. The beginning of everything.
Overview
In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins to reckon with growing up in a world of inequality and prejudice.

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Directed by
James Gray
Genres
Drama
Starring
Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • race
  • class
  • family
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
114 min
Country
United States of America, Brazil
Languages
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