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Films like Soul Boy.

Soul Boy (2010) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / childhood, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Mekhong Full Moon Party (2002) poster
1. Mekhong Full Moon Party2002

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hereafter (2010) poster
2. Hereafter2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Test2006
3. Test2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Colorful (2010) poster
4. Colorful2010

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

In Your Eyes (2014) (2014) poster
5. In Your Eyes2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

I, Don Giovanni (2009) poster
6. I, Don Giovanni2009

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

Julie & Julia (2009) poster
7. Julie & Julia2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hal (2013) poster
8. Hal2013

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Delhi-6 (2009) poster
9. Delhi-62009

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

Welcome to Marwen (2018) poster
10. Welcome to Marwen2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Approved for Adoption (2012) poster
11. Approved for Adoption2012

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

Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) poster
12. Phoebe in Wonderland2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Soul Boy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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