A Good Person (2023) poster
2023 · drama · comedy · sports

A Good Person

Directed by Zach Braff2h 8m2023
ElsewhereIMDb7.128kRT57%Metacritic50
  • sombre
  • measured
Movie DNA

Sombre, measured, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. The unlikely relationship she forms with her would-be father-in-law helps her live a life worth living.

Our read · A Good Person (2023) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · comedy · sports entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent 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 raw Florence Pugh grief drama with Morgan Freeman warmth.

ends upliftingit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 18attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug usesuicide themenuditygraphic violence

Skip it tonightHeavy addiction and suicide themes will wreck your light Friday mood.

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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