Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Silkwood end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Silkwood easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Silkwood

Name: Silkwood
Genre: Drama
Released: 1983
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward

On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.

Directed by Mike Nichols

Produced by ABC Motion Pictures

1983131 min7.0 / 10

A grim, intellectually rigorous portrait of a whistleblower's fight against institutional indifference and her slow poisoning by both radiation and systemic corruption.

Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.

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Questions people ask

Is Silkwood sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Does Silkwood end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Silkwood easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Silkwood violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Silkwood 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.