Not always comfortable, much like the topics being discussed, but incredibly real and captivating, carried by frustratingly real characters.
Produced by Wes Anderson, and straight off their collaboration in Life Aquatic, his fingerprints all over the dialogue. I really wish they would collaborate again as Life Aquatic is my second favorite of Anderson's films and I think Baumbach adds wittiness and intricate family dynamics to Anderson's work. This film has a style he really comes to perfect in The Meyerowitz and Marriage Stories. The overlapping family dialogue is my favorite part of The Meyerowitz Stories and he is just scratching the surface of that here. I love the way you can see how the parents influence their children, either in reaction or in their favor.
Jesse Eisenberg is such a little shit in this! I knew he was going to break Sophie's heart because he thinks he's better than everyone. It was hard to watch at times. I appreciate the growth he experienced as a character but he reminded me of friends I had and grew apart from in high school. Well written and well acted.
Jeff Daniels gives a career-best performance as the intellectual but emotionally absent father. He's a lot like Adam Driver's character in Marriage Story where he can't always see outside his own bubble. I came to knew him in Dumb and Dumber growing up, but he can really do so much more than that, he's incredibly underutilized.
Check it out on The Criterion Channel while it's there!
Not always comfortable, much like the topics being discussed, but incredibly real and captivating, carried by frustratingly real characters.
Produced by Wes Anderson, and straight off their collaboration in Life Aquatic, his fingerprints all over the dialogue. I really wish they would collaborate again as Life Aquatic is my second favorite of Anderson's films and I think Baumbach adds wittiness and intricate family dynamics to Anderson's work. This film has a style he really comes to perfect in The Meyerowitz and Marriage Stories. The overlapping family dialogue is my favorite part of The Meyerowitz Stories and he is just scratching the surface of that here. I love the way you can see how the parents influence their children, either in reaction or in their favor.
Jesse Eisenberg is such a little shit in this! I knew he was going to break Sophie's heart because he thinks he's better than everyone. It was hard to watch at times. I appreciate the growth he experienced as a character but he reminded me of friends I had and grew apart from in high school. Well written and well acted.
Jeff Daniels gives a career-best performance as the intellectual but emotionally absent father. He's a lot like Adam Driver's character in Marriage Story where he can't always see outside his own bubble. I came to knew him in Dumb and Dumber growing up, but he can really do so much more than that, he's incredibly underutilized.
Check it out on The Criterion Channel while it's there!
