Compliance
2012 · 90 min · Director: Craig Zobel
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
At a fast food restaurant, the manager, Sandra, is having a bad day. Suddenly, she gets a phone call from a man claiming to be a police officer who has a complaint that one of her young female employees has stolen from a customer. At the orders of this authoritative sounding stranger, Sandra takes the apparent accused, Becky, to a back room to search her before she is picked up. Once there, the phone scammer manipulates the gullible personnel into participating in Becky's sexual humiliation that grows more twisted with every new sucker on the phone. Only when one final person has the conscience to revolt do they realize the crime they were tricked into, which the real police are hard pressed to solve.
Emotional fingerprint
Compliance (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Guilt 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Disturbing35%
- Anxiety25%
- Guilt20%
- Empathy10%
- Tension10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Guilt. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Guilt. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.
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Emotional journey
- Disturbing
- Sympathy
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Anger
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Disturbing | Sympathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 21 % | 1 % | 7 % | 17 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Tension | 27 % | 5 % | 15 % | 23 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Tension | 41 % | 16 % | 29 % | 38 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Tension | 56 % | 33 % | 44 % | 53 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Tension | 67 % | 50 % | 55 % | 63 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Tension | 75 % | 64 % | 63 % | 69 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Disturbing | 71 % | 63 % | 59 % | 65 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Tension | 64 % | 53 % | 51 % | 57 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Sympathy | 69 % | 59 % | 59 % | 61 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Disturbing | 74 % | 67 % | 63 % | 67 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Disturbing | 77 % | 71 % | 63 % | 71 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Disturbing | 85 % | 81 % | 74 % | 77 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Disturbing | 90 % | 87 % | 80 % | 79 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Disturbing | 90 % | 87 % | 79 % | 79 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Disturbing | 87 % | 83 % | 73 % | 77 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Disturbing | 76 % | 69 % | 60 % | 67 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Sympathy | 67 % | 55 % | 55 % | 54 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 79′ | Sympathy | 64 % | 53 % | 54 % | 42 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Anger | 50 % | 41 % | 36 % | 26 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | 27 % | 19 % | 15 % | 12 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Becky
Connie
Harold
Brie
Customer
Robert Gilmour
Daughter
Portland Detective
Convenience Store Clerk
Details
- Directed by
- Craig Zobel
- Written by
- Craig Zobel
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2012
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Disturbing
- Data updated
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