Films like The Slammin' Salmon.

The Slammin' Salmon (2009) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle comedy / sports, 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.

Bros Before Hos (2013) poster
1. Bros Before Hos2013

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

Do Not Disturb (2014) poster
2. Do Not Disturb2014

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

Recep Ivedik (2008) poster
3. Recep Ivedik2008

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

A Pain in the Ass (2008) poster
4. A Pain in the Ass2008

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

Beerfest (2006) poster
5. Beerfest2006

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

21 & Over (2013) poster
6. 21 & Over2013

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

Dane Cook: Vicious Circle (2006) poster
7. Dane Cook: Vicious Circle2006

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

Sex Is Zero 2 (2007) poster
8. Sex Is Zero 22007

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

Recep Ivedik 3 (2010) poster
9. Recep Ivedik 32010

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

Low Cost (2011) poster
10. Low Cost2011

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

Vacanze di Natale a Cortina (2011) poster
11. Vacanze di Natale a Cortina2011

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

Donald Glover: Weirdo (2012) poster
12. Donald Glover: Weirdo2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a warm emotional register.

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