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Wish You Were Dead

2002 · 100 min

A breezy, scheming caper that keeps things light and twisty, more playful than tense.

Overview
Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • crime
  • love
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
action, comedy, thriller, romance
Directed by
Valerie McCaffrey
Written by
Scott Firestone
Starring
Cary Elwes, Elaine Hendrix, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Sally Kirkland, Gene Simmons, Tanya Allen, Dennis Burkley
Music
David Klotz
Cinematography
David Klein
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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