The Bothersome Man

The Bothersome Man

Directed by Jens Lien

Produced by Sandrew Metronome Norge

200695 min7.1 / 10

A surreal, philosophically dense allegory about conformity and existential entrapment, where a man discovers his perfect life is a gilded prison and seeks transcendence through mysterious escape.

Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Bothersome Man sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is The Bothersome Man one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 86% of films.

  • Is The Bothersome Man scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Bothersome Man violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is The Bothersome Man easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does The Bothersome Man end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% 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.

77/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity90

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise68

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Bothersome Man, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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