Reviews for this film from our members:
- Jason Bailey @ Flavorwire
- Excerpt: Baumbach, it must be noted, wrote this film solo, without the seemingly idealistic spirit of Gerwig, so it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that its point of view is so much more cynical than those of their collaborations. But what does it say about him (as, at the very least, a storyteller) that this is where his presumptions and prejudices go?
- Chris Barsanti @ Film Racket
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A middle-aged couple who are stuck-in-a-rut in their marriage and work yearn to build a richer and deeper life together in love.
- Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: The best parts of this movie come from Baumbach finding inspiration in the way the younger generation works, particularly in the hipster movement. Baumbach nails some of these things in the specific, it doesn’t always work in the general sense.
- [New – 10/1/15] | Samuel Castro @ Ochoymedio.info [Spanish]
- Excerpt: En el empaque de una comedia, Noah Baumbach hace una disección acerca de las miserias y las cualidades de dos generaciones.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: While “Greenberg” had pointed observations to make about a middle aged egotist and his relationship with the younger generation and his own past, this one is muddied by unclear intent and sketchily defined female characters.
- Jim Dixon @ Examiner.com
- M Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: Yes, both characters have some major, character-defining flaws, but Baumbach observes the two men with unexpected sympathy.
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Excerpt: While We’re Young’ – A Coming-Of-Age Film For Those Who Have Already Come-Of-Age
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: I suspect the extravagant praise lavished on Noah Baumbach’s films comes from those who can relate to the dreary, doleful misery of snarky, neurotic New Yorkers.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Baumbach can make the behavior of these bohemian intellectuals admirable and childish all in the same scene. That’s kind of brilliant.
- Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: How brave is Noah Baumbach? He sets a montage full of hipster caucasians to 2Pac’s Hit ’em Up
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: For a while, the film is insightful and full of empathy and clever details, but even when it loses its way, the ideas that Baumbach sets up early on in the film outweigh the less-workable material. For better or for worse, “While We’re Young” will make one feel old.
- Kristin Dreyer Kramer @ NightsAndWeekends.com
- Alan Mattli @ Facing the Bitter Truth [German]
- Excerpt: It’s amusing enough but its meditations on the ethics of filmmaking and the question of meaning in the postmodern age lie far beyond its limited reach.
- [New – 10/1/15] | Jared Mobarak @ BuffaloVibe
- Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
- Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: “While We’re Young” is a movie that recedes while you’re watching it.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Isn’t as sharp or consistent as ‘Greenberg,’ Baumbach’s previous collaboration with Ben Stiller, but while uneven, its high points outnumber the low ones.
- Sarah Ward @ Concrete Playground
- Ron Wilkinson @ Monsters and Critics
- Excerpt: A great performance by Ben Stiller makes this an easygoing Sunday afternoon movie, if not one of Baumbach’s best pieces of self-examination.
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