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Films like May Fools.

May Fools (1990) reads as Warm, kinetic, 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.

Barcelona (1994) poster
1. Barcelona1994

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

Tito and Me (1992) poster
2. Tito and Me1992

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

Death of the Beautiful Roebucks (1986) poster
3. Death of the Beautiful Roebucks1986

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

Kit Kat (1991) poster
4. Kit Kat1991

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

Cookie's Fortune (1999) poster
5. Cookie's Fortune1999

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 — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

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

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

In the Soup (1992) poster
9. In the Soup1992

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

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

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

Wonder Boys (2000) poster
11. Wonder Boys2000

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

Happy Times (2000) poster
12. Happy Times2000

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

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