Films like When Mom Is Away.

When Mom Is Away (2019) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / family, 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.

Two Night Stand (2014) poster
1. Two Night Stand2014

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

Plus One (2019) poster
2. Plus One2019

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

All the Freckles in the World (2019) poster
3. All the Freckles in the World2019

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

Tod@s Caen (2019) poster
4. Tod@s Caen2019

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

10 Days with Dad (2020) poster
5. 10 Days with Dad2020

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

Dumped (2018) poster
6. Dumped2018

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

The Full House (2018) poster
7. The Full House2018

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

Little Italy (2018) poster
8. Little Italy2018

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

Never on the First Night (2014) poster
9. Never on the First Night2014

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

Let Me Introduce You to Sofia (2018) poster
10. Let Me Introduce You to Sofia2018

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

Friendzone (2021) poster
11. Friendzone2021

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

What a Man (2011) poster
12. What a Man2011

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

These are When Mom Is Away’s neighbours — where are yours?

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