Kids Are Back

Kids Are Back

Directed by Michèle Laroque

Produced by Alter Films, StudioCanal

202183 min5.2 / 10

A lighthearted domestic comedy about the friction and unexpected bonds that emerge when adult children move back in with their parents, disrupting a marriage's equilibrium.

Catherine and Yann, happily married for many years, should have spent the year travelling abroad. But since he sold his business, Yann has been too busy with his bonsai trees and keeps postponing the big trip. Things go from bad to worse when their 27-year-old broke daughter and her boyfriend lose their apartment and come knocking on the door to stay. With Yann’s mid-life crisis spinning out of control, their couch surfing daughter and partner getting increasingly invasive and their stay becoming indefinite, Catherine will try everything to kick them out of the parental home and get her life back on track!

Questions people ask

  • Is Kids Are Back violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Kids Are Back scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Kids Are Back easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Kids Are Back sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Does Kids Are Back end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% 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.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity30

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Kids Are Back

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Kids Are Back

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Kids Are Back, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Kids Are Back, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Kids Are Back, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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