Movies like Dìdi (弟弟)

“Dìdi (弟弟) (2024) is a 2020s American coming-of-age comedy-drama that frames adolescence as practical and emotional instruction. It stages a young boy’s initiation — skating, flirting, caregiving — with naturalistic framing, a warm-sunlit palette, and a measured, leisurely pace that foregrounds tactile detail. The film contends that ordinary apprenticeships of bodily skill and small affective rituals quietly rework family bonds, making intimacy itself a learned competence.”