The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Keeping Hours
Drama · Fantasy · Horror · 2017
A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten years later.
Movie details
The Keeping Hours
“Love never dies”
2017 Drama · Fantasy · Horror 1h 31m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten years later.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over The Keeping Hours?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Karen Moncrieff
Written by
Rebecca Sonnenshine
Lee Pace
Mark
Carrie Coon
Elizabeth
Sander Thomas
Jacob
Ray Baker
Lenn
Amy Smart
Amy
J
Julian LaTourelle
Dash
Ana Ortiz
Janice
Court is in session
Put The Keeping Hours on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.