Chalk It Up (2016) poster
2016 · comedy

Chalk It Up

Directed by Hisonni Johnson1h 30m2016
ElsewhereIMDb4.51k
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
Movie DNA

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

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When a super girly-girl is dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to do everything she can to get him back by building a college gymnastics team, quickly learning that she is capable of a lot more than just getting an MRS degree.

Our read · Chalk It Up (2016) reads as a cosy, breathless, 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 light predictable gymnastics underdog comedy about proving yourself after a breakup.

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

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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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