2009 · crime · drama · thriller
Elsewhere
Directed by Nathan Hope1h 46m2009
A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery.
Our read: Elsewhere (2009) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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