Movie

Toll

2023 · 102 min

A biting, darkly comic drama that balances absurdity and tenderness while observing a mother's misguided love with a critical, sympathetic eye.

Overview: Suellen is a toll booth attendant who starts using her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches from people driving to the coast. But only for a noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop.
How it feels: Dark, satirical, whimsical and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, class, crime
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
class
crime
love
Places: road trip
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild