Lawless , IQ Score 157/200
Lawless has an IQ Score of 157/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
John Hillcoat's 2012 Prohibition-era Virginia bootlegger film anchored by Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman. The structural commitment to letting period-Depression-Appalachian moonshine-economy cognitive material be the actual subject is canonical Hillcoat work.
Polarizing on release; subsequently recognized as canonical early-2010s prestige period drama.
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