Tag

Tag

When you know you're dying, you better get to living.

Directed by Danny Roth

Produced by Strong Arm

201591 min4.8 / 10

A intimate, melancholic drama about mortality and chosen family, where a deadly diagnosis forces a group of homeless teenagers to confront what truly matters.

Billy is the self-designated leader of a group of teenagers living in a shelter. Jacob and Rae, Billy's oldest childhood friends, live there as well as part of "the family". Billy has an AIDs-like virus, which he has passed on to his blood brother Jacob. Billy and Rae are boyfriend and girlfriend, much to the dismay of Jacob who has always loved Rae from afar. Billy's philosophy of life, and how that interfaces with having a deadly virus, comes to a head when Billy and Jacob compete in a very unique game of "Tag", with the future of Rae and "the family" dependent upon the outcome.

Questions people ask

  • Is Tag sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Tag scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Tag end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is Tag violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Tag 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.

18/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity86

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise2

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Tag

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Tag

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Tag, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Tag, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Tag, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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