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Useless Dad

2019

A gentle, lightly comic body-swap family film about a father and son learning to understand each other.

Directed by
Chao Feng
Overview
The game company designer Yuan Dabao is a single father, and his son Yuan Xiaobao has a very different personality. This contrast makes the feelings of the father and son of the two people often "smothered." In an accident, the two were exchanged by the mysterious magician.
How it feels
Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, parenthood, identity
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism5
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight4

    Cast

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    Directed by
    Chao Feng
    Starring
    Wang Xun, Huang Cancan, Jiu Kong, Liang Chao, Shawn Zhang, Dai Lele, Kejia Xu, Pan Chunchun
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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