high-concept

adjective

high-con·cept ˈhī-ˈkän-ˌsept

: having or exploiting elements (such as fast action, glamour, or suspense) that appeal to a wide audience

high-concept movies

Examples of high-concept in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Picture Company is currently in post on the James McAvoy and Julianne Moore high-concept thriller Control for Studiocanal, and are among producers on Searchlight’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which will be released Christmas. —

Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024 Based on the seven episodes (out of 12) made available for review, Shrinking is ready to let its characters roam beyond the boundaries of its initial, high-concept premise, which results in some satisfying (and funny) self-actualization. —

Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024 Others, though, began life with a high-concept premise that either wasn’t sustainable, or was simply a bad idea. —

Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024 Following a buzzy premiere at Sundance, the low-budget, high-concept horror comedy is now streaming on Netflix (which purchased the genre-bender earlier this year for a cool $17 million, one of the biggest sales in the festival's history). —

Megan McCluskey, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high-concept

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