Michael
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →Although to the outside world he seems like a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in a room in his soundproof basement.
Our read · Michael (2011) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · thriller · psychological entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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The shape of Michael
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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