Thunderstruck (2012) poster
2012 · comedy · family · coming-of-age · sports

Thunderstruck

Directed by John Whitesell1h 34m2012
ElsewhereIMDb5.16kRT27%
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • funny
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

Our read · Thunderstruck (2012) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · family · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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