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Mr. Harrigan's Phone

2022 · 105 min

A slow, melancholy coming-of-age story with a quiet supernatural chill, more about grief and guilt than jump scares.

Directed by
John Lee Hancock
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Tagline
Some connections never die.
Overview
Craig, a young boy living in a small town befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
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Directed by
John Lee Hancock
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, horror, mystery
Directed by
John Lee Hancock
Written by
John Lee Hancock
Starring
Donald Sutherland, Jaeden Martell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Joe Tippett, Cyrus Arnold, Conor William Wright, Alexa Shae Niziak, Bennett Saltzman
Music
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Cinematography
John Schwartzman
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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