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Sybil (2007) poster

2007 · drama · tv-movie

Sybil

Directed by Joseph Sargent1h 29m2007

A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.

Our read: Sybil (2007) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · tv-movie entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Heavy, measured, measured drama / tv-movie, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb6.92k
  • heavy
  • measured
  • intense
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DNA · twelve axes

How Sybil feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want an intense true-story drama of severe childhood trauma and DID.”

ends bittersweetit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 15attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upsuicide themechild peril

Skip it tonight — Skip if depictions of extreme child abuse will be triggering tonight.

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