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Big House

2020 · 84 min

A fizzy, cringe-adjacent weekend farce that keeps escalating its lies, playing like a light chamber comedy with just enough bite.

Directed by
Jack Lawrence Mayer
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Ellie Reed, Paige Collins, Albert Huber
Overview
Two sisters, two boyfriends, one simple birthday weekend getaway. Or it would have been, if not for the threesome, the love affair, the unexpected arrival of a fiancé, and the ensuing ridiculous dinner role play charade everyone is forced to participate in just to keep from getting caught.

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More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Jack Lawrence Mayer
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Ellie Reed, Paige Collins, Albert Huber
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • deception
  • love
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Jack Lawrence Mayer
Written by
Jack Lawrence Mayer
Starring
Ellie Reed, Paige Collins, Albert Huber, Michael Molina, Zoe Schwartz, Evan O'Brien, Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman
Cinematography
Bill Meese
Runtime
84 min
Languages
English

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