Leave No Trace (2018) poster
2018 · drama

Leave No Trace

Directed by Debra Granik1h 49m2018
ElsewhereIMDb7.170kRT100%Metacritic88TMDB6.81k
  • measured
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Neutral, measured, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.

Our read · Leave No Trace (2018) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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You want a quiet father-daughter story about living outside society's edges.

ends bittersweetit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 12attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug use

Skip it tonightYou need plot fireworks tonight or dislike slow, observational drama.

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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
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