2021 · drama · thriller · crime
Flag Day
Directed by Sean Penn1h 48m2021
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
Our read: Flag Day (2021) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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