Q & A

Q & A

When the questions are dangerous, the answers can be deadly.

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Produced by Regency Enterprises, Odyssey Distributors

1990132 min5.9 / 10

A gritty crime thriller about institutional corruption and moral compromise, where a DA's pursuit of justice becomes entangled with personal desire and criminal power.

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.

Questions people ask

  • Is Q & A scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is Q & A violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Does Q & A end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Q & A easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Q & A sad? 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.

Written about

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity18

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise19

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Everything like Q & A, and what each one shares →

Like Q & A

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Q & A

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Q & A, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Q & A, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Q & A, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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