Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013) poster
2013 · documentary · animation · political

Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

Directed by Michel Gondry1h 28m2013
ElsewhereIMDb7.14kRT92%Metacritic76
  • warm
  • brisk
Movie DNA

Warm, kinetic, measured documentary / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

How every film is hand-scored →

A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

Our read · Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive documentary · animation · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Cast constellation
Where to watch

No streaming listing for Latvia right now — try the search links below.

More info & search links
Fingerprint

The shape of Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
Your take
Rate it
star-clip-1-0star-clip-2-0star-clip-3-0star-clip-4-0star-clip-5-0
React
Discussion

Discussion

cmd enter to post

What does your Movie DNA look like?

Rate a few films you've seen. We map your taste across the same twelve axes and find the films you'll actually want to watch tonight.

Calibrate yourself