A comedy from an original script by Michael Maren, about a failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, played by Bryan Greenberg, who visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother (Lavin) has Alzheimer's and his father (Yulin) has recently had a stroke.... (Full plot summary below)
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A comedy from an original script by Michael Maren, about a failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, played by Bryan Greenberg, who visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother (Lavin) has Alzheimer's and his father (Yulin) has recently had a stroke.
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| New York Magazine/VultureDavid EdelsteinNot a lot happens, and yet, as in the best so-called “slice of life” stories, you feel one way of life ending and another struggling to be born. The little that happens is enough. |
| Paste MagazineChristine N. ZiembaThe film flourishes when it moves away from a coming-of-age story to a more family ensemble piece. |
| Village VoiceSteve EricksonFor the most part, A Short History of Decay triumphs over its pretensions. |
| New York PostKyle SmithRookie filmmaker Michael Maren’s script isn’t deep, but it’s heartfelt without being sticky, suggesting that the best way to deal with aging parents is to savor every tender frustration while you can. |
| The New York TimesNicolas RapoldDespite Mr. Maren’s own ample experience as a writer, the references to book culture don’t feel vivid enough to act as more than scene-setting, and the film’s strength lies in the family relationships. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNathan’s neurotic self-indulgence strains our patience. |
| Under the RadarZach HollwedelThere is nothing to inherently dislike in A Short History of Decay, but neither is there anything to love. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlthough more than a little meandering and self-indulgent, the film is likeable nonetheless thanks to its incisive characterizations and canny capturing of true-life moments. |
| The DissolveDavid EhrlichA stagnant portrait of the degradation that envelops those fortunate enough to live so long, the film desperately tries to mine sweetness from the banality of life’s endgame, but the falseness of its bittersweet storytelling only accentuates the misery. |
| User ReviewMarilena GThis quiet story contains everything it needs and nothing it does not. |
