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Films like Barry Munday.

Barry Munday (2010) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, inventive 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.

Family Weekend (2013) poster
1. Family Weekend2013

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Oh in Ohio (2006) poster
2. The Oh in Ohio2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Just Add Water (2008) poster
3. Just Add Water2008

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018) poster
4. Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)2018

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

2 + 2 (2012) poster
5. 2 + 22012

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Joy of Fatherhood (2014) poster
6. Joy of Fatherhood2014

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Wendell Baker Story (2005) poster
7. The Wendell Baker Story2005

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jack and Jill vs. The World (2008) poster
8. Jack and Jill vs. The World2008

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Playing It Cool (2014) poster
9. Playing It Cool2014

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Group Sex (2010) poster
10. Group Sex2010

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Joint Custody (2017) poster
11. Joint Custody2017

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Woman in Love (2011) poster
12. Woman in Love2011

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Barry Munday’s neighbours — where are yours?

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