Pushing Dead

Pushing Dead

Directed by Tom E. Brown

2016108 min6.0 / 10

A darkly comic drama about an HIV-positive writer battling bureaucratic absurdity and economic precarity, balancing satirical humor with genuine stakes and human vulnerability.

When a struggling writer, HIV positive for 20+ years, accidentally deposits a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for earning too much. In this new era of sort-of universal care, can he take on a helpless bureaucracy or come up with $3000 a month to buy meds on his own?

Questions people ask

  • Is Pushing Dead violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Pushing Dead sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Pushing Dead scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

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

  • Does Pushing Dead 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.

32/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity79

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise11

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love22

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Pushing Dead

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Pushing Dead

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Pushing Dead, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Pushing Dead, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Pushing Dead, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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