Adoration

Adoration

Directed by Anne Fontaine

Produced by Gaumont, Screen Australia

2013100 min6.1 / 10

A warm, intimate drama about lifelong friendship and unexpected romantic entanglements set against an idyllic beach backdrop, exploring how desire can reshape long-established bonds.

Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Adoration violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Adoration scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Adoration easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Does Adoration end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is Adoration sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

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.

Rarity33

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Adoration

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Adoration

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Adoration, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Adoration, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Adoration, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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