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Good Time (2017)

★ 7.2 · 3,100 ratings on TMDB

Are you ready for a Good Time?

Good Time poster★ 7.2

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

DirectorBenny Safdie, Josh Safdie
CastBarkhad Abdi, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress, Gladys Mathon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Necro
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Good Time keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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