Breaking the Bank

Breaking the Bank

You can bank with him... you just can't bank on him

Directed by Vadim Jean

Produced by Black Hangar Studios

2016106 min4.5 / 10

A lighthearted British comedy about a bumbling banker's underdog fight to save his family's historic institution from corporate predators.

With ruthless US and Japanese investment banks circling Tuftons, a struggling two-hundred-year-old, family-run British bank, can its bumbling, incompetent chairman, Sir Charles Bunbury, fend off the onslaught and save the bank?

Questions people ask

  • Is Breaking the Bank sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Breaking the Bank easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Breaking the Bank violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Does Breaking the Bank end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Breaking the Bank scary? Not especially. Less frightening 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.

6/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity14

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Breaking the Bank

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Breaking the Bank

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Breaking the Bank, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Breaking the Bank, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Breaking the Bank, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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