Max Dugan Returns

Max Dugan Returns

Prices are double. Your love life's in trouble. The car won't start. Your boss has no heart. The door squeaks. The roof leaks. Your stereo just went mono. All you need is a little Max Dugan.

Directed by Herbert Ross

Produced by 20th Century Fox

198398 min6.6 / 10

A warm, comedic family drama about reconciliation and second chances, centered on a struggling single mother reconnecting with her absent father.

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

Questions people ask

  • Does Max Dugan Returns end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Max Dugan Returns easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Max Dugan Returns scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Max Dugan Returns violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Max Dugan Returns sad? 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.

37/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity9

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise67

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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