Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Directed by Simon Amstell

Produced by BBC, Splice Post

201765 min6.4 / 10

A satirical mockumentary that uses dark comedy and speculative worldbuilding to interrogate collective guilt, moral progress, and generational shame around consumption.

It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.

Questions people ask

  • Is Carnage: Swallowing the Past violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Carnage: Swallowing the Past sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Carnage: Swallowing the Past scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Carnage: Swallowing the Past easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Carnage: Swallowing the Past end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

54/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise35

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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