
Ben Baker is a man-child who lives on his friend's couch getting high. His friend, Steve Dallas, is a moderately successful weather reporter who is living a superficial life. When Ben receives word that his father has died, Steve drives him home and they re-connect with Ben's successful and driven sister Terri and hippie step-mother Angela who is the same age as they are. The reading of the will drives Ben to come up with a new purpose in life, but those around him don't prov... (Full plot summary below)
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Ben Baker is a man-child who lives on his friend's couch getting high. His friend, Steve Dallas, is a moderately successful weather reporter who is living a superficial life. When Ben receives word that his father has died, Steve drives him home and they re-connect with Ben's successful and driven sister Terri and hippie step-mother Angela who is the same age as they are. The reading of the will drives Ben to come up with a new purpose in life, but those around him don't prove to be very supportive, and then they all re-examine their own lives.
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| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyIn Mad Men mastermind Matthew Weiner's big-screen directorial debut, the aggressively unfunny Are You Here, all of the dark humor and delicate character shadings we're used to seeing on his TV series are conspicuously absent. He's swapped nuance for blunt-edged numskullery. |
| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAs a film, though, it amounts to less than the sum of its parts. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenWe expect better than this from the scripter of 87 episodes of "Mad Men." |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekIt's fairly certain that while watching it you'll wish you were somewhere else. |
| MetroMatt PriggeIn its final stretch this unfunny comedy with characters who go through routine changes starts getting weird, almost mysterious. |
| The PlaylistChristopher SchobertYou Are Here is a shockingly inept comedy. |
| Tribune News ServiceRoger Moore“Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner takes his act to the big screen with Are You Here, which turns out to be the most quotable Owen Wilson comedy since “Zoolander.” |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe problem with all of this is that Are You Here is less than two hours long and, to effectively explore issues and themes of this magnitude would require at least a full season of a TV series. So we're left with half-developed characters and quickly sketched relationships. |
| New York Magazine/VultureDavid EdelsteinIt’s funny, clunky, earnest, and barely credible, but it’s all of a piece. |
| CinemalogueTodd JorgensonThe film struggles to find a consistent tone between its attempts at broad stoner comedy, fractured family quirks and a more serious examination of mental illness. |