Just Like Grown Ups (2016): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2016, Just Like Grown Ups is a drama film directed by Oksana Karas, running about 15 minutes.

What it’s about. How often do we live through two, three, or even more versions of ourselves during one lifetime? How often do we change, irreversibly, under the influence of other people, often close relatives? The timid Polya (24) works as an accountant and studies economics. She is in love with Kirill (25), who is her polar opposite. Kirill is a young cameraman: ambitious and talented. Kirill and Polya love each other and try to live together, but each of them has their own philosophy, their own value system and their own convictions. Even when they part, Kirill and Polya continue to carry on an inner dialogue with each other. Everyone tries to prove to the other that they can achieve everything on the other’s wish list. Twenty years later they meet, and now the heroes must find out the most important thing: whether one of them has found happiness in those years.

Who’s in it. Just Like Grown Ups stars Renata Litvinova as Polina, Fyodor Bondarchuk as Kirill, Yana Gladkikh as Polina in her youth and Pyotr Fyodorov as Kirill in his youth, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Just Like Grown Ups page.

If you liked it. Fans of Just Like Grown Ups tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.