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Trouble Every Day (2001) poster

2001 · horror · drama

Trouble Every Day

Directed by Claire Denis1h 41m2001

Newlyweds Shane and June arrive in Paris for their honeymoon. In the process of trying to find a cure for his strange, bloodthirsty disease, Shane stumbles upon the story of a doctor and his flesh eating wife.

Our read: Trouble Every Day (2001) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, surreal horror · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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Heavy, slow-burn, extreme horror / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.910kRT58%Metacritic40TMDB5.8236
  • heavy
  • slow-burn
  • extreme
  • surreal
  • bleak
  • cold
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How Trouble Every Day 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 transgressive Claire Denis horror where desire turns predatory and clinical.”

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Heads-upexplicit sexnuditysexual violencegraphic violencegore

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