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Meek's Cutoff

2011 · 103 min

A slow, immersive trudge through arid uncertainty, where silence and landscape weigh as heavily as the settlers' growing distrust.

Tagline
The Road to Civilisation is Not Always Civilised.
Overview
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • power
  • gender
  • faith
Places
  • wilderness
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
103 min
Country
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Languages
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