Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

Sometimes life brings some strange surprises

Directed by Jim Jarmusch

Produced by Focus Features, Bac Films

2005106 min6.9 / 10

A wry, melancholic road movie about a solitary man confronting his past and the possibility of fatherhood, told with deadpan humor and deliberate ambiguity.

An introverted man receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates the man to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames, seeking answers.

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  • Is Broken Flowers one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 95% of films.

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

  • Is Broken Flowers sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does Broken Flowers end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

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

  • Is Broken Flowers scary? 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.

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Cinnamon Score

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There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity95

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Surprise83

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Love65

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