Filth and Wisdom

Filth and Wisdom

Directed by Madonna

200881 min5.7 / 10

A character-driven comedy-drama about three struggling friends navigating precarious work and artistic ambition, balancing humor with honest reflection on aspiration and survival.

Filth & Wisdom is a poignant view of the lives of three not quite ordinary friends settled into meaningless jobs that barely keep them afloat while helping to finance their dreams of bigger and brighter futures. Their unique yet universal stories capture their struggles that are at turns funny and tragic but always brutally honest. Their intertwined lives explore the inevitable: a path paved with filth will often end in wisdom and one paved with wisdom will often end in filth.

Questions people ask

  • Is Filth and Wisdom scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Filth and Wisdom violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Filth and Wisdom sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Filth and Wisdom easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Does Filth and Wisdom end with hope? 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.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity36

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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