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Movie poster: Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2006)
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Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery

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2006 · 91 min Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

When hard boiled private eye Donald Strachey finds his latest client dead, an apparent suicide, Albany’s favorite gay detective smells a rat and decides to take matters into his own hands. With the help of his straight-laced but adoring husband Tim and his occasionally too-eager assistant Kenny, Strachey’s investigation leads him on a dark and dangerous trail into the world of "gay conversion therapy".

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Year 2006
Country United States of America, Canada
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director Ron Oliver
Runtime 91 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.9/10 (33 votes)

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This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Ron Oliver

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

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