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Good News

2019 · 131 min

A quiet, closely observed dinner party where small social frictions and unspoken feelings slowly surface.

Directed by
Joe Stankus
Starring
Benjamin Fisher, Robert Spence, Logan Cunningham
Overview
Novelist Evan is excited to share the news that he’s been accepted to a prestigious summer writers’ colony with his husband and their friends over an intimate dinner party. But the big reveal doesn’t go as planned in this finely calibrated domestic-drama-in-miniature.

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Directed by
Joe Stankus
Starring
Benjamin Fisher, Robert Spence, Logan Cunningham
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    None
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Directed by
    Joe Stankus
    Starring
    Benjamin Fisher, Robert Spence, Logan Cunningham
    Runtime
    131 min

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