Lovely Rita

Lovely Rita

Directed by Jessica Hausner

Produced by Prisma Film, Coop99 Filmproduktion

200179 min5.3 / 10

A melancholic character study of an alienated teenager whose transgressive act ripples through her constrained suburban world, exploring isolation, desire, and the consequences of rebellion.

Rita is an outcast teenager in suburban Austria, misunderstood both at school, where she's disdained by classmates, and at home, where her staunchly religious mother and temperamental father bemoan her inability to fit in with their comfortable bourgeois life. When Rita sets out to seduce her school bus driver, she sets in motion a series of events that changes everyone's lives irrevocably.

Questions people ask

  • Is Lovely Rita sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Does Lovely Rita end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Lovely Rita violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Lovely Rita easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Lovely Rita scary? 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.

14/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity45

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 Lovely Rita

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Lovely Rita

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Lovely Rita, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Lovely Rita, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Lovely Rita, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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