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.
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Censor
Horror · Mystery · 2021
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
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Censor
“You can't edit reality.”
2021 Horror · Mystery 1h 24m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
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5.8 / 10
Community rating
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Censor?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Prano Bailey-Bond
Written by
Prano Bailey-Bond · Anthony Fletcher
Niamh Algar
Enid Baines
Michael Smiley
Doug Smart
Nicholas Burns
Sanderson
Vincent Franklin
Fraser
Sophia La Porta
Alice Lee
Adrian Schiller
Frederick North
Clare Holman
June
Court is in session
Put Censor on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
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.