Cosi

Cosi

When chasing your dreams... it helps to be a little crazy!

Directed by Mark Joffe

Produced by Australian Film Finance Corporation, Meridian Films

1996102 min6.2 / 10

A warm, playful dark comedy about a theater director and mentally ill patients who find unexpected dignity and connection through staging an opera together.

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overrun by one of the patients, who wants to stage the opera Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart, despite the fact that none of the patients can sing or speak Italian. A comedy of errors ensues, but one which unifies the patients and their director in unexpected ways.

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Questions people ask

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

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

  • Is Cosi easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Cosi end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Cosi sad? 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.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity20

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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Ensemble

Like Cosi

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Cosi

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Cosi, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Cosi, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Cosi, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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