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Carnage (2011)

★ 7.2 · 3,130 ratings on TMDB

A new comedy of no manners.

Carnage poster★ 7.2

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

DirectorRoman Polanski
CastChristoph Waltz, Eliot Berger, Elvis Polanski, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Joseph Rezwin
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Carnage keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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