Buster's Mal Heart

Buster's Mal Heart

The Inversion is Coming

Directed by Sarah Adina Smith

Produced by Gamechanger Films, Snowfort Pictures

201796 min6.1 / 10

A fragmented, paranoid mystery about a fugitive mountain man grappling with fractured reality and the blurred line between sanity and delusion.

An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.

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  • Is Buster's Mal Heart sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Buster's Mal Heart scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does Buster's Mal Heart end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Buster's Mal Heart easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Buster's Mal Heart violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Rarity48

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Surprise30

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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