55 Steps

55 Steps

Justice is won step by step.

Directed by Bille August

Produced by Elsani Film, Potemkino Port

2018115 min6.7 / 10

An uplifting true-story drama about an unlikely friendship between a mental patient and her lawyer fighting for patient autonomy and dignity within the healthcare system.

The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they're in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.

Questions people ask

  • Does 55 Steps end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is 55 Steps violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is 55 Steps easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is 55 Steps scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is 55 Steps sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity42

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise32

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Like 55 Steps

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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