Adult Life Skills

Adult Life Skills

There's no badge for growing up.

Directed by Rachel Tunnard

Produced by Pico Pictures, Filmgate Films

201696 min6.2 / 10

A quirky, character-driven comedy-drama about a woman-child and a troubled boy finding unexpected kinship while navigating arrested development and the messy work of growing up.

Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making movies with her thumbs. Irritated by her childish behavior, Anna's mother insists that she move out of her shed and on with her life. When a troubled young boy starts hanging around, the two form an unlikely bond. Through their strange yet mutually beneficial friendship, Anna slowly begins to confront her perpetual state of arrested development.

Questions people ask

  • Is Adult Life Skills violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Adult Life Skills scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Adult Life Skills sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Adult Life Skills easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Does Adult Life Skills end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 58% 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.

31/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

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Rarity60

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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