Common Sense Media Review
By Marty Brown
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Found-footage action series has gun violence, drugs.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 17+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Watch
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Dealer
What's the Story?
DEALER follows two filmmakers as they attempt to shoot a music video for a rising French rap star who has ties to the drug world. When filmmakers Franck and Tony show up to the video shoot, they unwittingly end up immersed in a drug war, without their IDs or their car. As the violence escalates, Franck and Tony find themselves trapped in the middle of a turf war with increased pressure to keep filming.
Is It Any Good?
Found footage series and movies offer the viewer an immersive experience. Dealer puts its viewers in the middle of a drug war that neither they, nor their proxy characters, asked to be in. Unfortunately, the first-person point-of-view -- along with the English overdubbing and abbreviated runtime -- make Dealer feel more like a series of video game cut scenes, rather than a viable action show.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the music video shoot. How often do you watch music videos? Does the set-up for Dealer remind you of any music videos you've seen? How realistic does the video shoot seem?
Why do Franck and Thomas continue to film as the violence escalates? How trapped are they? What types of pressure are they facing from Tony and the producers?
How does the way Dealer is shot make you feel? Why do you think they chose to film it this way?
TV Details
- Premiere date : March 10, 2021
- Cast : Abdramane Diakite , Mohamed Boudouh , Sébastien Houbani
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Action
- TV rating :
- Last updated : March 30, 2021
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