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Corner Office

2023 · 102 min

A quietly unsettling satire that blurs reality and delusion, leaving you amused, uneasy, and ultimately moved by one man's search for peace.

Directed by: Joachim Back
Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Drama
Starring: Jon Hamm, Danny Pudi, Sarah Gadon

Tagline: Uncover the corners of reality.
Overview: In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?

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Directed by: Joachim Back
Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Drama
Starring: Jon Hamm, Danny Pudi, Sarah Gadon

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
work
madness
rebellion
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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