Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) poster
2012 · comedy

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Directed by Eric Wareheim, Tim Heidecker1h 34m2012
ElsewhereIMDb5.311kRT38%Metacritic40
  • brisk
  • surreal
  • bleak
  • cold
  • intimate
  • funny
Movie DNA

Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.

Our read · Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) reads as a neutral, kinetic, surreal comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate 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 already love Tim and Eric and want dead-mall chaos turned feature-length.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violenceanimal harmcringe humiliation

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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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