Movie

Josie & Jack

2019 · 103 min

A slow, suffocating descent into a gilded cage, watching two siblings cling to each other as their world quietly curdles.

Tagline: Not all prisons have bars
Overview: Raised in a decaying old Pennsylvania mansion and home schooled by their tyrannical professor father, Josie and Jack Raeburn have never had anyone but each other to depend on. Set in the 1990s.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, family, trauma, coming-of-age
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: isolation
family
trauma
coming-of-age
freedom
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild