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A Good Marriage (2014) poster

2014 · thriller · slasher · music

A Good Marriage

Directed by Peter Askin1h 43m2014

After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

Our read: A Good Marriage (2014) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller · slasher · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Heavy, steady, measured thriller / slasher, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.314kRT32%Metacritic43
  • heavy
  • intense
  • cold
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How A Good Marriage feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a claustrophobic marriage thriller about trust curdling in your own home.”

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 28attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upsexual violencegraphic violence

Skip it tonight — Skip if serial-killer spouse dread or assault backstory will poison cozy couple viewing.

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