Spotswood

Spotswood

An everyday story about loyalty, betrayal, lust and footwear.

Directed by Mark Joffe

Produced by Australian Film Commission, Australian Film Finance Corporation

199295 min5.4 / 10

A character-driven comedy-drama about an efficiency expert confronting the human cost of modernization when tasked with evaluating a small, old-fashioned factory.

Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.

Questions people ask

  • Is Spotswood scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Spotswood violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Spotswood easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Is Spotswood sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Does Spotswood 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.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity31

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Spotswood

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Spotswood

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Spotswood, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Spotswood, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Spotswood, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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