FilmsMr. WoodcockLike this

Films like Mr. Woodcock.

Mr. Woodcock (2007) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. 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.

My Best Friend's Girl (2008) poster
1. My Best Friend's Girl2008

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

House Broken (2009) poster
2. House Broken2009

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

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) poster
3. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People2008

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

Coco (2009) poster
4. Coco2009

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

With Open Arms (2017) poster
5. With Open Arms2017

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

Vollidiot (2007) poster
6. Vollidiot2007

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

Tammy (2014) poster
7. Tammy2014

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

Tiramisu (2016) poster
8. Tiramisu2016

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

I Give It a Year (2013) poster
9. I Give It a Year2013

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

A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014) poster
10. A Merry Friggin' Christmas2014

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

I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) poster
11. I Love You, Beth Cooper2009

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

I Want Candy (2007) poster
12. I Want Candy2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Mr. Woodcock’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →