Movie

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

2005 · 96 min

A cold, unflinching descent into adolescent nihilism that is as hypnotic as it is deeply unsettling.

Overview: In a small English coastal town, three teenage boys are drawn into a world of temptation and violence. Bored, troubled and excluded, the boys are unable to accept or even recognise moral boundaries. Their actions move inexorably towards a truly shocking act, that will horrify their sleepy community and expose its deepest, hidden fears.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Violence, coming-of-age, isolation, corruption
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
coming-of-age
isolation
corruption
morality
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong