2007 · drama · fantasy · mystery
The Nines
Directed by John August1h 40m2007
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Our read: The Nines (2007) reads as a sombre, steady, surreal drama · fantasy · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- surreal
- twisty
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