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Every Breath You Take

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.

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Every Breath You Take

“Such things still happen”

2021 Thriller · Mystery 1h 45m

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5.8 / 10

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A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Vaughn Stein

Written by

David Murray

Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck

Phillip

Michelle Monaghan

Michelle Monaghan

Grace

Sam Claflin

Sam Claflin

James

Emily Alyn Lind

Emily Alyn Lind

Daphne

India Eisley

India Eisley

Lucy

Hiro Kanagawa

Hiro Kanagawa

Dr. Toth

Veronica Ferres

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 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.

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.