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Movie · 2000 · 141 min

A sprawling, cool-toned mosaic that weaves separate lives into one sobering portrait of a war nobody can win.

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2000 film directed by Steven Soderbergh
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Movie
Year
2000
Runtime
141 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • corruption
  • addiction
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, crime, political thriller
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Written by
Stephen Gaghan
Starring
Salma Hayek, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Viola Davis, Benicio del Toro, Don Cheadle, Albert Finney, Dennis Quaid
Music
Cliff Martinez
Cinematography
Steven Soderbergh
Runtime
141 min
Country
United States, Mexico, Germany
Languages
English

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