
Kids Are Back
2021

2018
Director
Michèle Laroque
Runtime
95 minutes
Average Rating
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After getting dumped on Christmas Eve, Angela must rebuild her life surrounded by her rebellious teenager, her tyrannical mother, her hysterical best friend, and a weird psychologist.
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Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The film focuses on traditional romantic dissolution and interpersonal relationships. It lacks queer identities or any narrative critique of heteronormativity.
Gender Representation
Angela’s journey toward self-actualization provides a strong sense of female agency. However, the comedy often relies on gendered archetypes like the tyrannical mother.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
The setting depicts a predominantly white, bourgeois Parisian social circle. The cast lacks the diversity needed to challenge this homogeneous upper-middle-class milieu.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The story critiques the superficiality of digital influencer culture and modern consumerism. It remains centered on individual vanity rather than systemic or anti-Western frameworks.
Disability Representation
There is no significant representation of physical or neurodivergent disabilities. The psychologist appears to function as a comedic trope rather than a nuanced portrayal.
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AI Analysis
Brillantissime is a character study of mid-life reinvention set within a specific socio-economic vacuum. While it offers a critique of the vanity found in modern digital existence, the narrative remains tethered to traditional comedic structures. The film succeeds in centering female agency through Angela's reclamation of identity. However, this progress is offset by a lack of intersectional depth, as the social world presented is remarkably homogeneous. Ultimately, the film functions more as a satire of modern lifestyle and social status than a meaningful challenge to systemic social hierarchies.

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