Roger Greenberg, single, fortyish and at a crossroads in his life, finds himself in Los Angeles, house-sitting for six weeks for his more successful/married-with-children brother. In search of a place to restart his life, Greenberg tries to reconnect with old friends including his former bandmate Ivan. But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself spending more and more time with his brother's personal assistant Florence, an aspiring singer and also something of a lost soul. Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg and Florence manage to forge a connection, and Greenberg realizes he may at last have found a reason to be happy.
Written by: Noah Baumbach
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Messina, Brie Larson, and Juno Temple
What The Critics Said:
Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern:
"The wonder of the film is how good it makes us feel. Greenberg scintillates with intelligence, razor's-edge humor and austere empathy for its struggling lovers."
Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips:
"Extraordinary."
The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin:
"Bittersweet and beautifully realized, harsh but humane, Greenberg is a self-consciously small film that nevertheless leaves an indelible mark."
The New York Times A.O. Scott:
"It is the funniest and saddest movie Mr. Baumbach has made so far, and also the riskiest."
NPR Ella Taylor:
"Greenberg is on every level the work of a more mature filmmaker, and quite possibly a happier man."
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea:
"Greenberg, with Stiller's sad and self-mocking portrait at its core, is well worth getting to know."
USA Today Claudia Puig:
"Powerfully honest, insightful and poignant."
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum:
"Baumbach's movies are addictive dispatches from a genteel jungle of white privilege, where highly educated people behave badly. I can't take my eyes off the exotic wildlife."
The New Yorker David Denby:
"This is tricky, ambiguous material, seemingly better fitted to a short literary novel than to a movie, and it could have gone wrong in a hundred ways, yet Baumbach handles it with great assurance."
Village Voice J. Hoberman:
"Greenberg is a movie of throwaway one-liners and evocatively nondescript locations. The style is observational, the drama is understated, and, when the time comes, it knocks you out with the subtlest of badda-booms."
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