What is Mr. Right about?

A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.

What is the mood of Mr. Right?

It offers a wry-romantic-suspense experience with a lasting feeling.

Is Mr. Right worth watching?

Rated 6.4/10. It is a Comedy film featuring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.

Why should I watch this?

It explores themes of identity-and-deception, moral-ambiguity.

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Name: Mr. Right
Director: Paco Cabezas
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Crime
Released: 2016-02-29
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth, James Ransone, Anson Mount

“Mr. Right (2016) is a United States 2010s dark-comedy-romance that folds romantic convention into criminal noir parameters. It stages an opposites-attract romance against a hitman-on-the-run plot, rendered in high-contrast chiaroscuro and brisk, ironic editing. Mr. Right forces viewers to re-evaluate affection, agency, and moral compromise through a sustained tonal collision.”

Mr. Right

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