Films like When You Finish Saving the World.

When You Finish Saving the World (2022) reads as Neutral, steady, measured 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.

Shortcomings (2023) (2023) poster
1. Shortcomings2023

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

Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019) poster
2. Eeb Allay Ooo!2019

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

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) poster
3. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead2018

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

The Worst Person in the World (2021) poster
4. The Worst Person in the World2021

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

The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) poster
5. The Meyerowitz Stories2017

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

The Lovers (2017) poster
6. The Lovers2017

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

Another Round (2020) poster
7. Another Round2020

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

The Color Wheel (2011) poster
8. The Color Wheel2011

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

Greenberg (2010) poster
9. Greenberg2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

While We're Young (2014) poster
10. While We're Young2014

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

Footnote (2011) (2011) poster
11. Footnote2011

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

Ee.Ma.Yau (2018) poster
12. Ee.Ma.Yau2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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