Doctor Detroit

Doctor Detroit

He's making the world safe for insanity.

Directed by Michael Pressman

Produced by Black Rhino Productions, The Brillstein Company

198389 min5.1 / 10

A lighthearted 1980s comedy about a meek professor who gets swept into an absurd double life as a flamboyant pimp, built entirely on comedic chaos and fish-out-of-water hijinks.

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.

Questions people ask

  • Is Doctor Detroit sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

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

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

  • Is Doctor Detroit easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Doctor Detroit violent? Not especially. Less violent than 73% 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.

12/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity18

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise15

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Doctor Detroit

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Doctor Detroit

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Doctor Detroit, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Doctor Detroit, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Doctor Detroit, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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