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Elena Undone

Elena Undone

Drama · Romance · 2010

The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.

Movie details

Elena Undone

2010 Drama · Romance 1h 51m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.

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 Elena Undone?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nicole Conn

Written by

Nicole Conn

Necar Zadegan

Necar Zadegan

Elena

Thunderbird Dinwiddie

Thunderbird Dinwiddie

Peyton

Gary Weeks

Gary Weeks

Barry

Sam Harris

Sam Harris

Tyler

C

Connor Kramme

Nash

M

Madlyn Hall

Tori

Mary Jane Wells

Mary Jane Wells

Wave

Court is in session

Put Elena Undone on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.