Foxtrot (2017) (2017) poster
2017 · drama

Foxtrot (2017)

Directed by Samuel Maoz1h 53m2017
ElsewhereTMDB6.7214
  • heavy
  • measured
  • intense
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

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

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A troubled family must face facts when tragedy strikes their son's desolate military post.

Our read · Foxtrot (2017) (2017) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. 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 an unflinching Israeli drama about military service, grief and family.

ends devastatingit will wreck youbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 5attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou want escapism or cannot handle political military tragedy.

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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