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Films like Super Troopers.

Super Troopers (2001) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, 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.

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) poster
1. Austin Powers in Goldmember2002

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

White Chicks (2004) poster
2. White Chicks2004

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Starsky & Hutch (2004) poster
3. Starsky & Hutch2004

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Flypaper (2011) poster
4. Flypaper2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Whole Nine Yards (2000) poster
5. The Whole Nine Yards2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Big Momma's House (2000) poster
6. Big Momma's House2000

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Bad Santa 2 (2016) poster
7. Bad Santa 22016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Murder Mystery (2019) poster
8. Murder Mystery2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Big Momma's House 2 (2006) poster
9. Big Momma's House 22006

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) poster
10. Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult1994

Keeps the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) poster
11. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson2008

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

Life (1999) poster
12. Life1999

Keeps the heightened unreality; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

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