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Spontaneous

Spontaneous

Comedy · Horror · 2020

When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.

Movie details

Spontaneous

“An explosive love story.”

2020 Comedy · Horror 1h 42m

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6.8 / 10

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When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Brian Duffield

Written by

Brian Duffield

Katherine Langford

Katherine Langford

Mara Carlyle

Charlie Plummer

Charlie Plummer

Dylan

Yvonne Orji

Yvonne Orji

Agent Rosetti

Hayley Law

Hayley Law

Tess McNulty

Piper Perabo

Piper Perabo

Angela

Rob Huebel

Rob Huebel

Charlie

Marlowe Percival

Marlowe Percival

Becky

Court is in session

Put Spontaneous on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.