Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn, splendidly matched, navigate the bleak comedy of late-life fertility treatments with rueful wit and weary tenderness.
funny, harrowing, and unflinching until the third act’s predictable thaw into uplift, which feels like a concession too far. still, the film’s intelligence and the leads’ chemistry make it more than worth the discomfort. a sharp, bittersweet look at a subject too often sentimentalized.
Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn, splendidly matched, navigate the bleak comedy of late-life fertility treatments with rueful wit and weary tenderness.
funny, harrowing, and unflinching until the third act’s predictable thaw into uplift, which feels like a concession too far. still, the film’s intelligence and the leads’ chemistry make it more than worth the discomfort. a sharp, bittersweet look at a subject too often sentimentalized.
