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'Pillion' review: Harry Melling accepts Alexander Skarsgård as his biker daddy in an A24 crowd-pleaser

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65% Informative

Harry Lighton's feature-length directorial debut Pillion explores a master-slave relationship that's as upsetting as it is invigorating.

The movie walks a fragile tonal tightrope with remarkable flair, resulting in one of the finest (and most crowd-pleasing) experiences at this year 's Cannes Film Festival .

Harry Melling and Aleksander Skarsgård deliver career-best work in Pillion.

The film explores what happens when there's a breakdown of communication, and both parties start acting out.

Melling navigates the gestures, body language, and the all-permeating uncertainty of the kind of character whose embarrassment in social situations is generally the root of comedic scorn.

VR Score

57

Informative language

49

Neutral language

45

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1

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