The Intervention

The Intervention

What are friends for?

Directed by Clea DuVall

Produced by Burn Later Productions

201690 min5.9 / 10

A comedy-drama about friendship and marriage that balances humor with genuine emotional stakes, centered on a group intervention that forces uncomfortable truths into the open.

A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage.

Questions people ask

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

  • Is The Intervention easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

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

  • Is The Intervention sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Does The Intervention 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.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity30

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Intervention

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Intervention

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Intervention, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Intervention, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Intervention, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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