As You Are

As You Are

Directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte

Produced by Votiv Films, Heretical Reason Productions

2016110 min6.9 / 10

A fragmented, melancholic coming-of-age drama that reconstructs a doomed teenage friendship through competing memories, shadowed by trauma and the specter of violence.

Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.

Questions people ask

  • Is As You Are sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is As You Are scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does As You Are end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is As You Are violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is As You Are easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting 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.

69/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity77

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise66

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Like As You Are

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as As You Are

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like As You Are, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like As You Are, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like As You Are, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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