2009 · drama
Is Anybody There?
Directed by John Crowley1h 35m2009
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Our read: Is Anybody There? (2009) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- measured
- tender
- intimate
Watching Is Anybody There? tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Is Anybody There? feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a gentle British coming-of-age story about friendship, death, and magic in a retirement home.”
Skip it tonight — You want high energy or cannot handle quiet themes of aging and loss.
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