Movie

Rumour

1970 · 85 min

A grimy, slow-burning plunge into tabloid sleaze and quiet paranoia, where every conversation feels like a trap closing.

Overview: A hard-bitten newspaper reporter is drawn back into the world of sleaze he had hoped to have left behind, and this time it goes right to the top.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Corruption, media, obsession, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: corruption
media
obsession
power
deception
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild