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Compliance

2012 · 90 min

A quietly excruciating watch that tightens like a vise, making you squirm as ordinary people comply with the unthinkable.

Directed by
Craig Zobel
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy
Tagline
How far would you go?
Overview
On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.

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Directed by
Craig Zobel
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • power
  • obsession
  • deception
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • workplace
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Craig Zobel
Written by
Craig Zobel
Starring
Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey, Matt Servitto, Ashlie Atkinson
Music
Heather McIntosh
Cinematography
Adam Stone
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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