A Thousand and One

A Thousand and One

Times change. Love stays the same.

Directed by A.V. Rockwell

Produced by Sight Unseen Pictures, Makeready

2023116 min6.6 / 10

A tender yet morally complex portrait of a mother's fierce love and the fragile family she builds in defiance of circumstance, shadowed by the secret that sustains and threatens them.

Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.

Questions people ask

  • Is A Thousand and One sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does A Thousand and One end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is A Thousand and One easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is A Thousand and One violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is A Thousand and One scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

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Rarity70

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Surprise14

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Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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