Yes. More frightening than 87% 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.

Not especially. Less violent than 64% 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 Simon end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% 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.

Is Simon easy watching?

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.

Simon

Name: Simon
Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction
Released: 1980
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, William Finley, Wallace Shawn, Max Wright

He loves you. Do what he says.

Directed by Marshall Brickman

Produced by Orion Pictures

198097 min6.3 / 10

A darkly comedic sci-fi thriller about identity and manipulation, where a professor becomes the unwitting subject of an elaborate brainwashing experiment that blurs the line between delusion and reality.

A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living being from another planet.

Clusters

Dark Comedy Nightmares Absurdist Political Satire Comedic Heist Movies Scientists and Archaeologists Body Transformation Horror

Genres

Comedy Science Fiction

Keywords

Brainwashing Scientist Evolution Psychosis

Questions people ask

Is Simon scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is Simon violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Does Simon end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is Simon sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Simon 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.

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