Dumplings

Dumplings

You eat… that you are…

Directed by Fruit Chan

Produced by Applause Pictures

200491 min6.7 / 10

A body-horror meditation on vanity and desperation that uses grotesque culinary transgression to explore the corrupting price of eternal youth.

Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer, a fading actress, is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.

Questions people ask

  • Does Dumplings end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is Dumplings scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is Dumplings easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Dumplings violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Is Dumplings sad? Yes. More sad than 75% 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.

64/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity68

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise69

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Dumplings, and what each one shares →

Like Dumplings

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Dumplings

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Dumplings, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Dumplings, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Dumplings, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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