Movie

Mister Lonely

2008 · 112 min

A dreamy, melancholy drift through loneliness and performance, with moments of absurd beauty and quiet devastation.

Tagline: You are whoever you want to be.
Overview: In Paris, a young American working as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.
How it feels: Melancholic, whimsical, eerie and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, isolation, loneliness, faith
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
loneliness
faith
death
Places: big city
countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild