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- DramaComedy
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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- New YorkUSAIndoorsSuburbs
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- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Carnage, 2011
English
France, Germany, Poland, Spain
Profile of Carnage
The mood of Carnage is cynical, biting, and clever. The plot centers around social relations, family problems, and psychological motives. It features dark humor. Carnage is a drama and comedy movie. Stylistically, it is talky. In approach, it is realistic. Carnage takes place, at least partly, indoors and in the suburbs. The setting is New York. It happens in contemporary times. Carnage is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Carnage
When some roughhousing between two 11-year-old boys named Zachary and Ethan erupts into real violence, Ethan is left with two missing teeth. Zachary's parents, Alan and Nancy Cowen (Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz), meet with Ethan's parents, Penelope and Michael Longstreet (Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly), to try to smooth things over. However, what starts as a cordial meeting among adults descends into finger-pointing, tantrums and insults. Based on the play "God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | France, Germany, Poland, Spain |
| Release date: | 30 September 2011 |
| Runtime: | 79 min |
Cast and Crew
as Penelope Longstreet
as Nancy Cowan
as Alan Cowan
as Michael Longstreet
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Users Reviews
- 07.April.2012
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- by: Julie
- Julie rated this movie
8/10Great
- 04.April.2012
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- by: Guy
- Guy rated this movie10/10Must See
