Floundering

Floundering

A post-riot comedy

Directed by Peter McCarthy

Produced by Front Films

199496 min5.0 / 10

A chaotic, irreverent comedy about a slacker adrift in post-riot Los Angeles, surrounded by eccentric characters and low-stakes misadventures.

John Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bizarre friends, sweaty sex, pistol wielding gangsters, bungling bureaucrats, police fanatics, revolutionaries, and weirdos. All John wants is a little peace of mind and a little piece of the action, but in "Floundering" it wont come easy.

Questions people ask

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

  • Is Floundering sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Is Floundering violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Floundering scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Floundering easy watching? 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.

22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity77

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise10

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Floundering

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Floundering

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Floundering, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Floundering, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Floundering, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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