Welcome to the Rileys
Film2010110 min

Welcome to the Rileys

Taste attributes: dramateenfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeA stirring, heavy drama: dark and small-scale. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

coming of agecomplex relationship

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Kristen StewartJames GandolfiniMelissa LeoJoe ChrestAlly Sheedy

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2010
Runtime
110 min
Status
Released
Studio
Argonaut Pictures
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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