Return to Montauk

Return to Montauk

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Produced by Ziegler Film, Pyramide Productions

2017106 min5.6 / 10

A wistful, introspective reunion between former lovers that dwells on regret, time's passage, and the question of whether the past can be reclaimed.

Author Max Zorn, now in his early 60s, is on a promotional book tour in New York when he encounters the woman he could never forget. They spend a weekend together, seventeen years have passed. Can there be a future for their past?

Questions people ask

  • Is Return to Montauk violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Return to Montauk sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Return to Montauk scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Return to Montauk easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Does Return to Montauk 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.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity50

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Return to Montauk

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Return to Montauk, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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