A tough cop. A brilliant killer. An unspeakable crime.
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemporary and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
Who loves it, who doesn't
33 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Formalists.
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Cast
- Al PacinoWill Dormer
- Robin WilliamsWalter Finch
- Hilary SwankEllie Burr
- Maura TierneyRachel Clement
- Martin DonovanHap Eckhart
- Nicky KattFred Duggar
- Paul DooleyChief Nyback
- Jonathan JacksonRandy Stetz
- Larry HoldenFarrell
- Katharine IsabelleTanya Francke
Crew
- Christopher NolanDirector
- Hillary SeitzScreenplay
- Wally PfisterDirector of Photography
- David JulyanOriginal Music Composer
- Dody DornEditor
- Andrew A. KosoveProducer
- Edward McDonnellProducer
- Broderick JohnsonProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Brooklyn's Finest 201078% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary.
The Walking Dead 201289% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, contemporary.
The Walking Dead: Season Two 201384% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, contemporary.
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