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2012 · comedy · mystery

Wrong

Directed by Quentin Dupieux1h 33m2012
ElsewhereIMDb6.211kRT64%Metacritic58
  • gentle
  • surreal
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Neutral, steady, gentle comedy / mystery, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.

Our read · Wrong (2012) reads as a neutral, steady, surreal comedy · mystery entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent 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 deadpan surreal comedy where a missing dog warps suburban reality.

ends ambiguousit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 3attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightLogic-free absurdism annoys you more than it delights you.

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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