Trading Places
1983USA★ 7.25.5 pt match
Like What a Beautiful Day, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, escalating, and episodic.
What a Beautiful Day
Che bella giornata
2011ItalyLanguage: itDirected by Gennaro Nunziante★ 6.5
Available in English: subtitled
Checco, an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan, who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer, fails his entrance exam for the third time. It must be said that at the oral examination Checco said that the reason why he wanted to join the police was benefits in kind and cronyism! But the young man has connections and he soon finds himself a security agent at the Milan Cathedral. Of course the bumbling idiot proves a living catastrophe! Spotted by Sufien, an Arab terrorist who is preparing an attack against the cathedral, Checco appears as the perfect sucker. To manipulate him, he sends his charming sister Farah to him, with the mission to seduce him...
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedywhimsicalabsurdistwarm
Pacing
episodicescalating
Story
con deceptionpursuitsurvival
Emotion
all-consuming lovebelongingfiguring out who you are
Themes
fear of the outsidercaught between worldsclass and moneyreligion and faith
Feel
crowd pleaserfun scaryrewatchable
Violence
mildWhere to watch
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Burn After Reading
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Catch Me If You Can
2002USA★ 84 pt match
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Beetlejuice
1988USA★ 7.44 pt match
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Game Night
2018USA★ 6.84 pt match
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Ghostbusters
1984USA★ 7.53.5 pt match
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The Nice Guys
2016USA★ 7.13 pt match
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