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Leave No Trace (2018) poster

2018 · drama

Leave No Trace

Directed by Debra Granik1h 49m2018

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

ElsewhereIMDb7.170kRT100%Metacritic88TMDB6.81k
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DNA · twelve axes

How Leave No Trace feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a quiet father-daughter story about living outside society's edges.”

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

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