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Tenderness (2009) — Stream on Howdy · CriticCrunch

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Tenderness

Movie2009·101 min

Tenderness

Directed by John Polson

Crime Drama Thriller

A crime drama film directed by John Polson.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 95%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.2/10

133 ratings

About Tenderness

A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: obsession, trauma recovery, fate destiny, american regional, small town, strangers forced together, rivals, detective investigator, anti hero, investigation procedural, cat and mouse, slow burn reveal, serial killer, corruption

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Details

Director: John Polson
Language: English

Cast

Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub

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How Tenderness Ranks

All movies

Top 95%

2000s movies

Top 92%

Crime movies

Top 94%

★John Polson films#3 of 3

Top 95% All movies.

the vibe

Tenderness Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalhauntinggritty

unsettling

What it's about

investigation proceduralcat & mouseslow-burn revealobsessiontrauma recoveryfate destinydetective investigatoranti-herostrangers forced togetherrivalsserial killercorruptionamerican regionalsmall town

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

grittygritty