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<em>Serenity</em> Is a Film That Will Make You Question Reality

Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway star in this baffling tale involving a giant tuna, a murder plot, and a twist that’s literally too silly to imagine.
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Baker Dill (played by Matthew McConaughey) is one of the most pungent movie heroes in recent memory. Just a glance at him summons the scent of salt, given that there are clearly grains of it in his every pore. A grizzled sailor living on a mysterious island, Baker takes tourists out to fish every day, and while his skin has the pallor and consistency of cured cod meat, his true obsession is tuna—specifically, one monstrously large tuna that he’s been hunting for a.”

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