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The God Committee

2021 · 98 min

A taut, talky chamber piece that turns a life-or-death decision into a moral pressure cooker, leaving a lingering unease.

Directed by
Austin Stark
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles, Janeane Garofalo
Overview
Medicine, money and morality clash when a hospital's Heart Transplant Selection Committee has only minutes to decide which of three patients on the transplant list will receive a heart that has suddenly become available.

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Directed by
Austin Stark
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles, Janeane Garofalo
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • death
  • guilt
  • class
  • power
Places
  • hospital
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
thriller
Directed by
Austin Stark
Written by
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Starring
Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles, Janeane Garofalo, Dan Hedaya, Colman Domingo, Patricia R. Floyd, Elizabeth Masucci, Patricia Mauceri
Music
Taylor Stewart, Andrew Grush
Cinematography
Matt Sakatani Roe
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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