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Gridlock'd

1997 · 91 min

A darkly comic, frustrating crawl through bureaucracy and addiction, anchored by two desperate, likable leads.

Tagline: Life is a traffic jam.
Overview: After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
friendship
survival
isolation
class
Places: big city
hospital
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, crime, drama
Directed by: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Written by: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Starring: Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur, Thandiwe Newton, Charles Fleischer, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Howard Hesseman, James Pickens Jr., Tom Towles
Music: Stewart Copeland
Cinematography: Bill Pope
Runtime: 91 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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