Movie

Civic Duty

2006 · 98 min

A slow, suffocating study of paranoia that tightens around you as one man's media-fed fear curdles into fixation.

Overview: An American accountant bombarded with cable news and the media's obsession with terrorist plots in the post 9-11 world, receives a jolt when an unattached Islamic graduate student moves in next door.
How it feels: Tense, dark, cynical and satirical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, isolation, parenthood, media
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 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: obsession
isolation
parenthood
media
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild