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My Neighbors' Neighbors

My Neighbors' Neighbors

Representation Score

6.7/10

Good

2022

Director

Léo Marchand, Anne-Laure Daffis

Runtime

93 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

My Neighbors' Neighbors is an ensemble-driven animated comedy that prioritizes situational absurdity over identity-focused narratives. The film uses surrealism to explore the interconnectedness of a community, moving away from traditional hero-centric structures. While the film features a wide variety of characters and physical mishaps, these elements often serve as comedic plot devices rather than meaningful representations of underrepresented identities. The focus remains on the chaos of everyday life through a lens of the bizarre. Ultimately, the work offers a moderate level of diversity through its decentralized social structure but lacks the intentional subversion of systemic hierarchies needed for a higher score.

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Category Breakdown

Does My Neighbors' Neighbors have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film uses surreal humor, such as an old man falling in love with runaway legs. However, it doesn't show clear examples of LGBTQ identity or same-sex relationships.

How does My Neighbors' Neighbors portray gender?

Fair

The movie includes a diverse cast with roles like mothers and magicians' assistants. It touches on bodily autonomy through a failed magic trick but follows a typical character distribution.

How racially and ethnically diverse is My Neighbors' Neighbors?

Limited

The film has some ethnic diversity in its voice actors, including Rosaria Da Silva. However, the plot focuses more on archetypal characters than specific racial or ethnic stories.

How does My Neighbors' Neighbors represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story celebrates the absurd through a decentralized social structure. It breaks traditional moral storytelling by focusing on the interconnectedness of neighbors in a surreal setting.

Does My Neighbors' Neighbors include disability representation?

Fair

Physical disabilities, like dental trauma or missing limbs, drive the comedy. These elements function mainly as absurdist jokes rather than explorations of lived experiences or social integration.

Present on Screen

  • The ensemble structure avoids rigid, single-protagonist archetypes.
  • Surrealist storytelling disrupts conventional, didactic family narrative expectations.
  • The film explores human connectivity through a decentralized social lens.

Limited or Absent

  • Physical impairments often function as comedic clichés rather than lived experiences.
  • The narrative lacks explicit depth or identity-driven storytelling.
  • There is little evidence of subverting traditional gender or racial hierarchies.

Official Synopsis

An ogre breaks his teeth the day before Saint-Festin, the ogres’ great celebration day. A magician botches his trick of sawing a woman in half, and loses his assistant’s legs. An overequipped hiker gets stuck in the elevator for several days. An old man falls in love with a runaway pair of legs. A mother asks her neighbour to look after her children on the eve of Saint-Festin… In one building, the lives of ten next-door neighbours, or the neighbours of neighbours, intertwine as they grapple with the dramas, joys, surprises and dangers of everyday life.

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