Kicking and Screaming
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Kicking and Screaming is a 1995 indie comedy-drama film about recent college graduates drifting through post-college malaise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kicking and Screaming (1995 film) | 2 |
| Kicking and Screaming canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kicking and Screaming Context triple: [Noah Baumbach, notableWork, Kicking and Screaming]
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Kicking & Screaming
Kicking & Screaming is a 2005 sports comedy film starring Will Ferrell as an overzealous youth soccer coach competing against his domineering father.
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The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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C.
Pieces of April
Pieces of April is a 2003 indie dramedy film about a young woman hosting a tense Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged family in a cramped New York City apartment.
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The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 semi-autobiographical indie drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach that explores the emotional fallout of a bitter divorce on a Brooklyn family in the 1980s.
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E.
I Heart Huckabees
I Heart Huckabees is a 2004 existential comedy film directed by David O. Russell that satirically explores philosophy, identity, and coincidence through the lens of an eccentric detective agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kicking and Screaming Target entity description: Kicking and Screaming is a 1995 indie comedy-drama film about recent college graduates drifting through post-college malaise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach.
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A.
Kicking & Screaming
Kicking & Screaming is a 2005 sports comedy film starring Will Ferrell as an overzealous youth soccer coach competing against his domineering father.
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B.
The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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C.
Pieces of April
Pieces of April is a 2003 indie dramedy film about a young woman hosting a tense Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged family in a cramped New York City apartment.
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D.
The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 semi-autobiographical indie drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach that explores the emotional fallout of a bitter divorce on a Brooklyn family in the 1980s.
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E.
I Heart Huckabees
I Heart Huckabees is a 2004 existential comedy film directed by David O. Russell that satirically explores philosophy, identity, and coincidence through the lens of an eccentric detective agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Steven Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Noah Baumbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Trimark Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jill Savitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California
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| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
independent cinema ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Carlos Jacott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Eigeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Stoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia d'Abo NERFINISHED ⓘ Parker Posey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Noah Baumbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aimlessness after graduation
ⓘ
fear of adulthood ⓘ friendship ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
post-college malaise
ⓘ
recent college graduates ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Phil Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | directorial debut of Noah Baumbach ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1990s American independent cinema ⓘ |
| producer |
Jason Blum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joel Castleberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1995-10-06 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Noah Baumbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | college town ⓘ |
| starring |
Carlos Jacott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Eigeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Stoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia d'Abo NERFINISHED ⓘ Parker Posey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Kicking and Screaming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Noah Baumbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Kicking and Screaming (1995 film)
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Kicking and Screaming (1995 film)