Does Drowning by Numbers end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Drowning by Numbers scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Drowning by Numbers sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Drowning by Numbers easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Drowning by Numbers violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Drowning by Numbers

Name: Drowning by Numbers
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1988
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson, Bernard Hill, Jason Edwards

Three Women And A Coroner.

Directed by Peter Greenaway

Produced by Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer

1988119 min7.0 / 10

A darkly comic, formally inventive meditation on complicity and moral erosion, where three generations of women's serial murders test a lonely coroner's conscience and loyalty.

Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter—both also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.

Clusters

Toxic Romance Stories Dark Comedy Nightmares Comedy And Satire Art and Philosophy Movements Coping With Death

Genres

Comedy Crime Drama

Keywords

Drowning Dark Comedy Dysfunctional Family Avant-garde Coroner Suffolk, England Independent Film Experimental Film Crime Comedy Widowhood

Questions people ask

Does Drowning by Numbers end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Drowning by Numbers scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.
Is Drowning by Numbers sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is Drowning by Numbers easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Drowning by Numbers violent? 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.

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