Movie

Tell Me Something

1999 · 118 min

A slow, rain-soaked descent into a puzzle of mutilated bodies and buried trauma, leaving a lingering chill.

Tagline: Crimes This Horrible... Are Better Left Unsolved.
Overview: Detective Cho, a cop on the edge, is mourning his mother's recent death while under investigation for graft; on top of that he is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly-impenetrable mystery.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, trauma, grief, identity
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: obsession
trauma
grief
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild