2007 · drama · mystery · thriller
Sleuth
Directed by Kenneth Branagh1h 29m2007
Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping with.
Our read: Sleuth (2007) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · mystery · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- cold
- intimate
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How Sleuth feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want two men in one house verbally eviscerating each other for ninety minutes.”
Skip it tonight — You need warmth or space; this claustrophobic duel leaves little room to breathe.
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