Chapter 27 (2007) poster
2007 · drama · crime

Chapter 27

Directed by Jarrett Schaefer1h 24m2007
ElsewhereIMDb5.612kRT18%Metacritic32
  • heavy
  • measured
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

How every film is hand-scored →

A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.

Our read · Chapter 27 (2007) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold 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.

Where the cast leads
Where to watch
Not on streaming here right now.Check JustWatch Check Letterboxd
More info & search links
Fingerprint

The shape of Chapter 27

Tonight, this looks like

What watching it is actually like.

You want an uncomfortable descent into obsession days before an infamous act.

ends devastatingit will wreck youmeditativegrips by minute 20attention 4/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if disturbing psychological portraits or true-crime dread will leave you hollow tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

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
Your take
Rate it
star-clip-1-0star-clip-2-0star-clip-3-0star-clip-4-0star-clip-5-0
React
Discussion

Discussion

cmd enter to post

What does your Movie DNA look like?

Rate a few films you've seen. We map your taste across the same twelve axes and find the films you'll actually want to watch tonight.

Calibrate yourself