Movie

Valerie

1957 · 82 min

A brooding, talky courtroom western that keeps shifting the ground under you as two spouses tell incompatible stories.

Tagline: Was she guilty of the sins for which she stood accused?
Overview: After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, deception, morality, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
deception
morality
guilt
family
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild