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Films like Please Give.

Please Give (2010) reads as Neutral, measured, 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.

Looking for Hortense (2012) poster
1. Looking for Hortense2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Land of Steady Habits (2018) poster
2. The Land of Steady Habits2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Two Friends (2015) poster
3. Two Friends2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Gun in Each Hand (2012) poster
4. A Gun in Each Hand2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Losers' Club (2011) poster
5. Losers' Club2011

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

Up in the Air (2009) poster
6. Up in the Air2009

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

C.O.G. (2013) poster
7. C.O.G.2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) poster
8. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Let It Rain (2008) poster
9. Let It Rain2008

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

Albatross (2011) poster
10. Albatross2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beeswax (2009) poster
11. Beeswax2009

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

The Last Shift (2020) poster
12. The Last Shift2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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