Pups

Pups

What happens when a kid finds a gun or a gun finds a kid?

Directed by Ash Baron-Cohen

Produced by Team Okuyama, Allied Entertainment Group Inc.

199999 min6.1 / 10

A tense hostage thriller centered on an impulsive bank robbery by troubled youth and the FBI negotiator trying to defuse the volatile standoff.

When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters.

Questions people ask

  • Is Pups easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Pups scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

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

  • Is Pups violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Pups 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.

29/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity14

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise55

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Pups

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Pups

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Pups, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Pups, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Pups, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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