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Nappily Ever After (2018) — Stream on Netflix · CriticCrunch

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Nappily Ever After

Movie2018·100 min

Nappily Ever After

Directed by Haifaa al-Mansour

Comedy Romance Drama

A comedy romance film directed by Haifaa al-Mansour.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 14%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.2/10

832 ratings

About Nappily Ever After

After an accident at the hair salon, Violet realizes she's not living life to the fullest. A soulful barber helps her put the pieces back together.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Cozy, Playful
Story Tags: identity self discovery, coming of age, freedom rebellion, music performance, urban, romantic partners, everyman, outsider misfit, fish out of water, slow burn reveal, romcom meet cute

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Details

Director: Haifaa al-Mansour
Language: English

Cast

Sanaa Lathan, Ricky Whittle, Ernie Hudson

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How Nappily Ever After Ranks

All movies

Top 14%

2010s movies

Top 12%

Comedy movies

Top 11%

2010s Comedy movies

Top 8%

★Haifaa al-Mansour films#1 of 3

Haifaa al-Mansour's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Nappily Ever After Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleapproachablelight-touchpersonalheartfelt

cozy

playful

What it's about

fish out of waterslow-burn revealidentity self discoverycoming of agefreedom rebellioneverymanoutsider misfitromantic partnersmusic performancemeet-cuteurban

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

cozycozy