The New Adventures of Aladdin (2015) poster
2015 · comedy · fantasy · adventure

The New Adventures of Aladdin

Directed by Arthur Benzaquen1h 41m2015
ElsewhereIMDb4.83k
  • warm
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • funny
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Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A pair of losers working at department store plan to rob the place after it closes. When a bunch of kids show up begging for a story, the men launch into an improvised version of Aladdin.

Our read · The New Adventures of Aladdin (2015) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · fantasy · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want silly French comedy where losers improvise Aladdin for kids.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 6attention 2/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if you want sophisticated humor or the original Disney magic.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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