Prisoners clearly wants to be viewed as a "serious" movie with "serious" performances in order to attract awards attention, but Andrew and Monica aren’t sure it’s deserving of that recognition. In fact, they aren’t really sure they can explain the convoluted plot of the film. In this episode, they break it down and try to figure out the multiples layers on which it’s attempting to function. Is there any political subtext commenting on post-9/11 America? Does the Bob Taylor subplot make any sense at all? And what’s up with all the religious imagery? Tune in to find out.

SHOW NOTES:

0:22 - Intro

3:35 - A broadly-painted answer to complex questions

8:36 - Torturing Paul Dano; political subtext?

13:31 - Trying to make sense of the plot

19:42 - The truth about Paul Dano

23:23 - Other random stuff

28:24 - Show close

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