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Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an "Airborne Toxic Event" forcing Jack to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy intellectually playful disaster stories that turn domestic absurdity, cultural anxiety, and fear of death into deadpan comedy.
- Tone
- darkly comic, surreal, satirical
- Payoff
- amusement, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- mortality, family, consumerism, academic pretension, social panic
- Setting
- late twentieth century, suburban college town and disaster-stricken countryside
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Where to watch
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Netflix
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