2016 · comedy · slasher · parody
Mindhorn
Directed by Sean Foley1h 29m2016
A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
Our read: Mindhorn (2016) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive comedy · slasher · parody entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, gentle comedy / slasher, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- funny
Watching Mindhorn tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
?
Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
More info & search links
How Mindhorn feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want silly British Isles crime spoof with Mindhorn ego and earnest cops.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if parody humor too niche or British TV references fly over you.
Eight films that feel like this one.
Closest in the twelve-axis space, not “people also liked”. All films like Mindhorn, with why →
Discussion
Make it a movie night.
Pick a mood, get a film the whole couch will enjoy, and give everyone something to watch for.
Pick tonight's film →