About Scout

About Scout

You can't choose your family.

Directed by Laurie Weltz

Produced by Decipher Entertainment, BrownBag Pictures

201592 min5.9 / 10

A road-trip drama about two damaged young people searching for family connection, balancing dark themes with moments of human warmth and redemptive possibility.

A rebellious Goth girl embarks on a road trip across Texas with a suicidal young man in an effort to find her little sister.

Questions people ask

  • Is About Scout sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is About Scout violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is About Scout scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is About Scout easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does About Scout end with hope? 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.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like About Scout

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as About Scout

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like About Scout, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like About Scout, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like About Scout, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

Share thisXBlueskyReddit