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Films like The Mule.

The Mule (2014) reads as Neutral, steady, measured crime / comedy, 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.

My Scientology Movie (2016) poster
1. My Scientology Movie2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Take Me (2017) poster
2. Take Me2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Leaves of Grass (2009) poster
3. Leaves of Grass2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Trust (2016) poster
4. The Trust2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) poster
5. Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Noise (2007) poster
6. Noise2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Flower (2017) poster
7. Flower2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

World's Greatest Dad (2009) poster
8. World's Greatest Dad2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019) poster
9. Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hesher (2010) poster
10. Hesher2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Arkansas (2020) poster
11. Arkansas2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Class Action Park (2020) poster
12. Class Action Park2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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