
Southside with You
Directed by Richard Tanne
Produced by IM Global, Get Lifted Film Co.
A warm, earnest chronicle of a single summer day in 1989 Chicago, centered on the budding romance between two young people on their first date.
Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
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Questions people ask
Is Southside with You scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.
Is Southside with You violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Is Southside with You easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 90% of films.
Is Southside with You one of a kind? Barely. Less singular than 85% of films.
Does Southside with You end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is Southside with You sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.
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.
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How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
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