
Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) runs his own non-profit organization, and lives a comfortable life with his loving wife and son, but cannot help contemplating how his old friends Craig Fisher (Michael Sheen), Billy Wearslter (Jemaine Clement), Jason Hatfield (Luke Wilson), and Nick Pascale (Mike White) are rich and accomplished. Craig works in the White House and published a best-selling book; Jason owns a hedge fund firm; Billy sold a company he founded, moved to Maui, and retired;... (Full plot summary below)
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Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) runs his own non-profit organization, and lives a comfortable life with his loving wife and son, but cannot help contemplating how his old friends Craig Fisher (Michael Sheen), Billy Wearslter (Jemaine Clement), Jason Hatfield (Luke Wilson), and Nick Pascale (Mike White) are rich and accomplished. Craig works in the White House and published a best-selling book; Jason owns a hedge fund firm; Billy sold a company he founded, moved to Maui, and retired; and Nick is a Hollywood director. Brad's wife, Melanie (Jenna Fischer), tries to comfort Brad, telling him that they do not need to compare themselves with the wealthiest 1%..
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn insightful dramedy about a man's midlife crisis propelled by comparisons and envy. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonWhen explored by writer-director Mike White’s expert, soulful script, Brad, against all odds, becomes a sympathetic figure, and the film itself achieves a sort of poetry. |
| ColliderPhil BrownA hysterical comedy with such embarrassingly accurate insights and rich emotional depth that it stings deeper than most dramas. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreWhite finds ways for Stiller to surprise us, and the veteran actor manages to hide his cards in scene after scene, letting us keep up with him, but never ever allowing us to guess where his emotions will take him next, and what form they’ll take. |
| HeraldNet (Everett, WA)Robert HortonThis is a signature role for an actor we tend to take for granted. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasA white male with a midlife crisis isn't exactly new material for a movie, but White's screenplay and Stiller's performance are so alive to both the silliness and the sadness of Brad's predicament that it becomes something fresh and piercing. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinA kind of plausible horror film, a monster movie where Brad is a wounded soul trapped by his own materialism, narcissistic insecurities, envy and shame. White is a humanist who locates comedy in social anxiety; he likes to make his audience squirm. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedThe surprising results are unlike anything I’ve seen lately, and the best surprise of all is a funny, inspired and career-enhancing star performance by Ben Stiller that left me touched, applauding and laughing out loud. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordMike White has orchestrated all the right choices to bring his profoundly considered screenplay to life. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireBrad’s Status might be the most Ben Stillerish movie Ben Stiller has ever made, and that’s actually a good thing. |