Movie

One of These Days

2021 · 119 min

A slow, grueling endurance test that wears you down alongside its characters, mixing quiet desperation with fleeting moments of hope.

Tagline: Your fate in the palm of your hands.
Overview: In the Texan “Hands on a Hardbody” competition, contestants stand around a new pickup truck for days, touching it with one hand. Whoever holds out the longest wins the truck.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, obsession, class, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: survival
obsession
class
isolation
ambition
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild