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Bigger Than Life
Drama
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to psychologically charged domestic drama and sharp critiques of respectable family life unraveling under pressure.
- Tone
- tense, bleak, satirical
- Payoff
- unease, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- addiction, domestic power, illness, family rupture, masculinity
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century, affluent suburban home, school and hospital
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Where to watch
Stream
Criterion Channel
