2023 · comedy · drama · coming-of-age
I Like Movies
Directed by Chandler Levack1h 39m2023
Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
Our read: I Like Movies (2023) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
Watching I Like Movies tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How I Like Movies feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want an honest funny portrait of a film-obsessed teen finding real connection.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if awkward teen cinephiles or video-store nostalgia feel too slight.
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Discussion
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