The defence The Adrenaline Seeker
“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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Every Breath You Take
Thriller · Mystery · 2021
A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.
Movie details
Every Breath You Take
“Such things still happen”
2021 Thriller · Mystery 1h 45m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.8 / 10
Community rating
A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.
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 Every Breath You Take?
For the defence
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
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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Retroactive
Sci-fi · 1997
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Vaughn Stein
Written by
David Murray
Casey Affleck
Phillip
Michelle Monaghan
Grace
Sam Claflin
James
Emily Alyn Lind
Daphne
India Eisley
Lucy
Hiro Kanagawa
Dr. Toth
Veronica Ferres
Dr. Vanessa Fanning
Court is in session
Put Every Breath You Take on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“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.