FilmsIn the SoupLike this

Films like In the Soup.

In the Soup (1992) reads as Warm, steady, gentle comedy / drama, 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.

The Watermelon Woman (1996) poster
1. The Watermelon Woman1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993) poster
2. The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque1993

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

She's Gotta Have It (1986) poster
3. She's Gotta Have It1986

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aprile (1998) poster
4. Aprile1998

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Good Marriage (1982) poster
5. A Good Marriage1982

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987) poster
6. Boyfriends and Girlfriends1987

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) poster
7. In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones1989

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Courier (1986) poster
8. Courier1986

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

May Fools (1990) poster
9. May Fools1990

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Trust (1990) poster
10. Trust1990

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Go Fish (1994) (1994) poster
11. Go Fish1994

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kicking and Screaming (1995) poster
12. Kicking and Screaming1995

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

These are In the Soup’s neighbours — where are yours?

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