Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Life is a journey. Family is a trip.

Directed by Bruce Beresford

Produced by Voltage Pictures

201196 min5.8 / 10

A warm, family-centered comedy-drama about generational reconciliation and personal growth set against the nostalgic backdrop of Woodstock counterculture.

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

Questions people ask

  • Is Peace, Love & Misunderstanding violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Peace, Love & Misunderstanding easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Peace, Love & Misunderstanding scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Does Peace, Love & Misunderstanding end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Peace, Love & Misunderstanding 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.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity20

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise11

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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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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