Films like A Very Bad Friend.

A Very Bad Friend (2019) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Five (2016) poster
1. Five2016

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mom or Dad? (2017) poster
2. Mom or Dad?2017

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Inbetweeners 2 (2014) poster
3. The Inbetweeners 22014

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hurricane Bianca (2016) poster
4. Hurricane Bianca2016

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Daddy or Mommy (2015) poster
5. Daddy or Mommy2015

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

You Keep the Kids (2021) poster
6. You Keep the Kids2021

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Just a Gigolo (2019) poster
7. Just a Gigolo2019

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011) poster
8. Eating Out: Drama Camp2011

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Son Named Erasmus (2020) poster
9. A Son Named Erasmus2020

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hey, Did You Score? (2012) poster
10. Hey, Did You Score?2012

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

So Much Love to Give (2020) poster
11. So Much Love to Give2020

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Back to School (2019) poster
12. Back to School2019

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are A Very Bad Friend’s neighbours — where are yours?

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