If you loved Everybody's Fine, try Waking Ned

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Waking Ned has roughly 3.2× fewer votes than Everybody's Fine — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Kirk Jones, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag. If that's the register that drew you to Everybody's Fine, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Waking Ned is

Well, it's a premise. A tiny Irish village schemes to collect a dead man's lottery winnings. They must convince the claims inspector that one of them is actually Ned Devine. It's about as believable as it sounds.

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