2018 · drama · tv-movie · sports
Paterno
Directed by Barry Levinson1h 45m2018
After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
Our read: Paterno (2018) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · tv-movie · sports entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / tv-movie, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- bleak
- cold
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