Given

Given

Directed by Jess Bianchi

Produced by Avocados & Coconuts

201772 min7.4 / 10

A luminous documentary portrait of a nomadic family's spiritual journey across continents, bound by love, surfing, and the transmission of values across generations.

A young family leaves their home on Kauai. It is time to return to the itinerant path from which all things in their uncommon lives come; beginning and ending on a remote dot in the Pacific. They nomadically trace continents to places where waves meet their edges, envoys of aloha. It is what they will learn, what they bring others, what they will pass on to their children in the hyper-expanded classroom, the lab of direct being; a legacy passed from a father to his family.

Questions people ask

  • Is Given scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Does Given end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Given easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Is Given violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Given sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% 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.

80/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise62

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love85

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Given

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Given

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Given, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Given, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Given, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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