Linoleum (2023) poster
2023 · sci-fi · comedy · drama · space

Linoleum

Directed by Colin West1h 41m2023
ElsewhereIMDb6.54kRT82%Metacritic80
  • warm
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • inventive
  • tender
Movie DNA

Warm, kinetic, gentle sci-fi / comedy, surreal in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When the host of a failing children’s science show tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his garage, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality.

Our read · Linoleum (2023) reads as a warm, kinetic, surreal sci-fi · comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender 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.

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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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