2013 · drama · romance · sci-fi
How I Live Now
Directed by Kevin Macdonald1h 41m2013
An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.
Our read: How I Live Now (2013) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · romance · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
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