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Comedy, Drama
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy tightly wound black comedy where petty ambitions, bureaucratic paranoia, and profound incompetence spiral into absurd consequences.
- Tone
- darkly comic, satirical, tense
- Payoff
- amusement, catharsis
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- greed, vanity, paranoia, incompetence, unintended consequences
- Setting
- contemporary, affluent urban bureaucracy and suburban interiors
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Amazon Video
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Fandango At Home