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Marie and Bruce

2004 · 90 min

A surreal, verbally vicious day in a marriage, watching a couple tear at each other with theatrical wit and dreamlike detours.

Directed by
Tom Cairns
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
A surreal story of two people
Overview
A day in the life of a couple trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship. When Marie decides to break up with Bruce, their conversation devolves into a torrent of foul-mouthed rippings and ferociously humorous musings on their marriage, love, hate and committment.

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Directed by
Tom Cairns
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism4
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Tom Cairns
Written by
Tom Cairns, Wallace Shawn
Starring
Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Bob Balaban, Brian McConnachie, Tom Riis Farrell, Campbell Scott, Griffin Dunne, Christopher Evan Welch
Music
Mark degli Antoni
Cinematography
Patrick Cady
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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