Locked in Society

Locked in Society

Directed by Sönke Wortmann

Produced by Bantry Bay Productions, Deutsche Columbia Filmproduktion

202297 min6.4 / 10

A darkly comedic hostage farce that traps six teachers with an obsessed father, using escalating absurdity and embarrassing revelations to expose hypocrisy and desperation.

On a Friday afternoon, there was an unexpected knock on the door of the staff room of a city high school. An ambitious father is willing to go to extremes to get his son admitted to high school. The six teachers who are still at school so shortly before the start of the weekend now have to find out the hard way. After some unexpected twists and embarrassing revelations, true abysses open up for everyone involved...

Questions people ask

  • Is Locked in Society scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Does Locked in Society end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Locked in Society sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Is Locked in Society violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Locked in Society easy watching? 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.

57/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity60

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise74

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Locked in Society

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Locked in Society, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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