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The To Do List (2013) poster

2013 · comedy · romance

The To Do List

Directed by Maggie Carey1h 44m2013

Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.

Our read: The To Do List (2013) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb5.844kRT55%Metacritic61
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
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DNA · twelve axes

How The To Do List feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want a nineties-set teen sex comedy with Aubrey Plaza deadpan and poolside chaos.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upexplicit sexcringe humiliation

Skip it tonight — Skip if sexual cringe humor, naive-teen awkwardness, or raunchy set pieces embarrass you.

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