Movie

A Brand New You

2014 · 83 min

A low-key, offbeat comedy that finds gentle absurdity in grief, with a scrappy charm that makes its oddball premise oddly endearing.

Tagline: Mourn First, Clone Later
Overview: Grieving young widower Santiago convinces his landlord - a disgraced biochemist with a serious hygiene problem - to help him clone his dead wife, using their female housemate as a surrogate mother.
How it feels: Dark, absurd, melancholic and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, obsession, science, found family
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
obsession
science
found family
morality
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild