Permission

Permission

How can you be certain he is the one, if he is the only one?

Directed by Brian Crano

Produced by Ball & Chain Productions, Picture Films

201899 min5.1 / 10

A romantic comedy-drama that uses an open relationship experiment to explore commitment, desire, and whether long-term partners truly know each other.

Anna and Will, were each other’s first every-things: first kiss, first love, first and only relationship. Now, 10 years in, at Anna’s 30th birthday party, as Will is about to propose, the couple’s best friend makes a drunken toast, suggesting that they should sleep around before their inevitable marriage. The joke lands like a lead balloon, but the thought lingers until Anna proposes that they try opening their relationship – as a sexual experiment.

Questions people ask

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

  • Is Permission scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Permission easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Is Permission sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Permission end with hope? 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.

Rarity61

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Permission

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Permission

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Permission, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Permission, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Permission, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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