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2012 · drama

Broken

Directed by Rufus Norris1h 31m2012
ElsewhereIMDb7.215kRT61%Metacritic53
  • heavy
  • measured
  • intense
Movie DNA

Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.

Our read · Broken (2012) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a suburban coming-of-age drama that turns suddenly, unforgettably dark.

ends warmit leaves you shakenbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 6attention 4/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upsuicide themechild perilgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if child-endangerment and late cruelty will ruin your whole evening.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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