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Shy People

1987 · 118 min

A slow, oppressive descent into a swampy family nightmare, where culture clash curdles into menace and no one escapes unscathed.

Genres
Drama
Tagline
Women from separate worlds bound by a secret that will haunt them forever.
Overview
A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • family
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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