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Films like Dikkenek.

Dikkenek (2006) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / sports, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. 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 Love Guru (2008) poster
1. The Love Guru2008

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

Dinner for Schmucks (2010) poster
2. Dinner for Schmucks2010

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

Dirty Movie (2011) poster
3. Dirty Movie2011

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (2007) poster
4. Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Strangers with Candy (2006) poster
5. Strangers with Candy2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 (2014) poster
6. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .52014

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Dumb and Dumber To (2014) (2014) poster
7. Dumb and Dumber To2014

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Smiley Face (2007) poster
8. Smiley Face2007

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

Casa de Mi Padre (2012) poster
9. Casa de Mi Padre2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Deep in the Valley (2009) poster
10. Deep in the Valley2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Beerfest (2006) poster
11. Beerfest2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

The Brothers Solomon (2007) poster
12. The Brothers Solomon2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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