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Fake$

2025 · 90 min

A breezy, good-natured teen caper that keeps things playful and stakes low, easy to watch with a few tense scrapes.

Directed by: John Hayeck
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Lucas Randazzo, Sophie Swiszcz, Isabella Olivas

Tagline: being yourself is overrated
Overview: A 15 year-old trickster begins selling Fake IDs in a last-ditch effort to save his local movie theater from closing. But, things take a turn for the worse when he is threatened by a dangerous, rival Fake ID dealer: his high school principal.

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Directed by: John Hayeck
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Lucas Randazzo, Sophie Swiszcz, Isabella Olivas

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
friendship
crime
family
rebellion
Places: small town
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, family
Directed by: John Hayeck
Written by: John Hayeck
Starring: Lucas Randazzo, Sophie Swiszcz, Isabella Olivas, Kalala Kiwanuka-Woernle, Tom Moynahan, Hester Wilkinson, Kevin Allen, Will Stewich
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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