The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Wakefield
Drama · 2017
A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
Movie details
Wakefield
“What would your life be without you?”
2017 Drama 1h 46m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Wakefield?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Where it lives
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Robin Swicord
Written by
Robin Swicord
Bryan Cranston
Howard Wakefield
Jennifer Garner
Diana Wakefield
Jason O'Mara
Dirk Morrison
Beverly D'Angelo
Babs
Ian Anthony Dale
Ben Jacobs
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Emily
Ellery Sprayberry
Giselle
Court is in session
Put Wakefield on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.