Rating of
2.5/4
Youth is the root of all evil!
Indyfreak - wrote on 01/19/16
I enjoyed this far more than the 2.5/3 star rating would imply. It's good but While We're Young is weighed down by two things that bothered me and strangely they bookend the movie. In the trailers, remember how this was supposed to be a comedy? It isn't. It's far and beyond a drama but it's got some genuinely funny and sometimes strange stuff going on. The second part is near the end and it involves Ben Stiller's arc. The conclusion while a happy ending (I dunno if that's a spoiler) does not satisfy me at all. He experiences a heartbreaking revelation halfway through the movie and I never felt like it was a happy ending on his part. The other cast does fine. Adam Driver continues his hot streak as one of Hollywood's best rising talents and Naomi Watts does great next to Stiller as his wife. There's good dramatc moments regarding generational division and the arrogance of youth (it's that type of movie) and again, the comedy works fine but I felt like the ending didn't solve all the film's conflicts. Maybe that was the point.
