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The In Crowd

2000 · 105 min

A glossy, slow-burning thriller that draws you into a world of wealthy cliques and creeping unease, with a campy edge.

Directed by
Mary Lambert
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
What would you do to get in?
Overview
A mentally disturbed young woman takes a job at a posh country club and falls in with a clique of wealthy college kids where she's taken under the wing of the clique's twisted leader, who harbors some dark secrets too terrifying to tell.

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Directed by
Mary Lambert
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • class
  • madness
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Mary Lambert
Written by
Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin
Starring
Lori Heuring, Susan Ward, Matthew Settle, Nathan Bexton, Tess Harper, Laurie Fortier, Kim Murphy, Jay R. Ferguson
Music
Jeff Rona
Cinematography
Tom Priestley Jr.
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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