In his thrid feature, director Noah Baumbach
scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-
of-age story about a tenneager whose write-parents
are divorcing, The father (Jeff Daniels) and
mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-
civilized, half-savage fashion, while their two
sons adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances
between parents. The film is squirmy-funny and
nakedly honest about the rationalizations and
compensatory snobbisms of artistics failure as
well as the conflicted desires of adolescentes for
sex and status. In detailing boheminan- bourgois
life in brownstone. Fulfilling the best traditions
of the American independent film, this quirky,
wisely written feature explores the gulf between
sexes, generations, art and commerce, Brooklyn and
Manhattan. - New York Film Festival.
Format size: | Widescreen |
Languages: | English, French |
Runtime: | 81 min. |
Number of discs: | 1 |
Subtitles: | English, French |