Films like Kicking & Screaming.

Kicking & Screaming (2005) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle family / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

The Honeymooners (2005) poster
1. The Honeymooners2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010) poster
2. Revenge of the Bridesmaids2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ducoboo (2011) poster
3. Ducoboo2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) poster
4. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Perfect Date (2010) poster
5. The Perfect Date2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zaki Chan (2005) poster
6. Zaki Chan2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Internship (2013) poster
7. The Internship2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fun Size (2012) poster
8. Fun Size2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Rocker (2008) poster
9. The Rocker2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) poster
10. Paul Blart: Mall Cop2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Stroller Strategy (2012) poster
11. The Stroller Strategy2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nothing to Declare (2010) poster
12. Nothing to Declare2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Kicking & Screaming’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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