Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
4/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 08/06/2019
At his most sincere, Noah Baumbach pulls off touchingly honest with his pristine directing style.
Rating of
3/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 07/16/2012
Drawing a cue from his frequent collaborator, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach directs a film full of dark comedy and quiet revelation about a severely fractured family. The film's best moments are its most human ones, rooted in basic emotion. When the film gets too obsessed with being odd or indie, it falls apart.
Rating of
3.5/4
Unknown - wrote on 11/29/2011
Just as dramatic, as it is black humored. I enjoyed it.
Rating of
1.5/4
donkeyknight - wrote on 05/02/2011
"How to screw up your kids." I thought the writing was smart and generated several talking points, but the characters' actions and words can be so pungent it ultimately distracts from the themes of the movie.
Rating of
3/4
goodfellamike - wrote on 09/17/2008
An acute, well-written, highly personal drama of an already fractured family and their struggle with parental separation; nicely acted (especially by Jeff Daniels) and full of insight, but very little is solved by the end. Final Grade: B+
