Back to Mom's (2016) poster
2016 · comedy

Back to Mom's

Directed by Eric Lavaine1h 37m2016
ElsewhereIMDb5.72k
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • tender
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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At 40, Stephanie loses her job and is forced to move back in with her mother. She is welcomed with open arms to the joys of overheated apartment, Francis Cabrel playing on loop, Scrabble games and precious motherly advice on how to behave at the table and live her life.

Our read · Back to Mom's (2016) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a warm French comedy about moving back home and reconnecting with mom.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftera slow buildgrips by minute 22attention 2/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou want fast-paced action or deep drama tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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