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Movie Review: ‘Novocaine,’ with Jack Quaid, is a shot of bloody action-comedy

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58% Informative

"Novocaine" is a film for people who thought John Wick wasn’t stabby enough.

It delights in the relentless mutilation of its hero, a regular guy with a rare condition that has rendered him immune from feeling any sort of discomfort to bodily harm.

Quaid, even with his two movie star parents, is somehow believable as this cautious introvert, though everything is played with a light touch and a wink.

VR Score

43

Informative language

30

Neutral language

49

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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