Pulp

Pulp

Write it. Live it. But try not to be it.

Directed by Mike Hodges

Produced by Three Michaels Film Productions

197295 min5.8 / 10

A darkly comic, deliberately oblique mystery about a pulp writer and an eccentric ex-actor that blurs the line between fiction and reality through quirky character interplay and narrative ambiguity.

A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.

Questions people ask

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

  • Is Pulp easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Pulp violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Pulp sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Pulp scary? 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.

31/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity81

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise15

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Pulp

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Pulp

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Pulp, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Pulp, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Pulp, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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