
The Delinquents
Some rules were meant to be broken.
Directed by Chris Thomson
Produced by Village Roadshow, Australian Film Finance Corporation
A period romance about young lovers defying parental authority and social convention in 1950s Australia, marked by genuine affection but constrained by circumstance and consequence.
A small town in Australia, in the late 1950s: Brownie and Lola are deeply in love. But because they are under-age, their parents are against their relationship and try to separate them.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Is The Delinquents sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is The Delinquents scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is The Delinquents violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is The Delinquents easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does The Delinquents 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.
Cinnamon Score
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
Ensemble
Like The Delinquents
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Delinquents
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Delinquents, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Delinquents, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Delinquents, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
























































