2009 · crime · drama · mystery
Stolen
Directed by Anders Anderson1h 37m2009
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Our read: Stolen (2009) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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