Films like Definitely, Maybe.

Definitely, Maybe (2008) reads as Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender. 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.

The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) poster
1. The Jane Austen Book Club2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006) poster
2. Sillunu Oru Kaadhal2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Wild Chicks and Life (2009) poster
3. The Wild Chicks and Life2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mes amis, mes amours (2008) poster
4. Mes amis, mes amours2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wordplay (2006) poster
5. Wordplay2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Queen: Days of Our Lives (2011) poster
6. Queen: Days of Our Lives2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sorry if I Want to Marry You (2010) poster
7. Sorry if I Want to Marry You2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Something New (2006) poster
8. Something New2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) poster
9. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 22008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Just Like Brothers (2012) poster
10. Just Like Brothers2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A LEGO Brickumentary (2014) poster
11. A LEGO Brickumentary2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Take Me Home (2011) poster
12. Take Me Home2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Definitely, Maybe’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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