Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) poster
2011 · comedy · family

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Directed by John Schultz1h 31m2011
ElsewhereIMDb4.43kRT22%Metacritic37
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • intimate
Movie DNA

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

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Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.

Our read · Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded comedy · family entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured 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 loud fun summer games and adventures with an imaginative kid.

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 3attention 1/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou are an adult seeking smart or calm storytelling.

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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