Stone

Stone

Some People Tell Lies. Others Live Them.

Directed by John Curran

Produced by Stone Productions, Mimran Schur Pictures

2010105 min5.3 / 10

A morally murky thriller about manipulation and seduction that uses intimate deception to explore corruption and the blurring of boundaries between predator and prey.

Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially reluctant to indulge Stone in the coarse banter he wishes to pursue and feels little sympathy for the prisoner's pleads for an early release. Seeing little hope in convincing Jack himself, Stone arranges for his wife to seduce the officer, but motives and intentions steadily blur amidst the passions and buried secrets of the corrupted players in this deadly game of deception.

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Questions people ask

  • Does Stone end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Stone scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Stone easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

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

  • Is Stone violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

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.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity39

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise10

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Stone, and what each one shares →

Like Stone

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Stone

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Stone, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Stone, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Stone, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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