Don't Worry Darling (2022) poster
2022 · thriller · sci-fi · drama

Don't Worry Darling

Directed by Olivia Wilde2h 3m2022
ElsewhereIMDb6.3175kRT38%Metacritic48TMDB6.83k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
  • inventive
  • bleak
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Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why.

Our read · Don't Worry Darling (2022) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller · sci-fi · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate 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.

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You want glossy Stepford dread and enjoy dissecting what Victory really hides.

ends triumphantit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 20attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonightYou want horror payoff or are put off by stylized sex scenes tonight.

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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