Films like The GoodTimesKid.

The GoodTimesKid (2005) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle comedy / drama, inventive 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.

A Stray Girlfriend (2007) poster
1. A Stray Girlfriend2007

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

Audrey the Trainwreck (2010) poster
2. Audrey the Trainwreck2010

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

Free Floating (2006) poster
3. Free Floating2006

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

LOL (2006) poster
4. LOL2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Daytime Drinking (2008) poster
5. Daytime Drinking2008

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

The Puffy Chair (2006) poster
6. The Puffy Chair2006

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

25 Watts (2001) poster
7. 25 Watts2001

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

Glue (2006) poster
8. Glue2006

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

The Swamp (2003) poster
9. The Swamp2003

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

Good Dick (2008) poster
10. Good Dick2008

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

Kabluey (2007) poster
11. Kabluey2007

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

Ghost World (2001) poster
12. Ghost World2001

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a airy, open telling.

These are The GoodTimesKid’s neighbours — where are yours?

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