
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - ... (Full plot summary below)
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We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else?
Leave your thoughts about Greenberg.
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawThe engine that drives Greenberg is this tension between the illusion of our outward projection and the absolute loathing of the worms underneath. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI have a weakness for actresses like Greta Gerwig. She looks reasonable and approachable. |
| E! OnlineDezhda GaubertThe clashes between Roger and his old friends and bandmates shine a light on the fact that you either have to accept your lost dreams, or fight for them all over again, no matter how much your knees ache or your joints creak. |
| Kansas City StarRobert W. ButlerWe can care about irritating characters, sure. But not this one. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottIt is the funniest and saddest movie Mr. Baumbach has made so far, and also the riskiest. |
| The SpectatorDeborah RossGreenberg is a fantastically complex part to play, but Stiller's performance is superbly nuanced, convincing and brave. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzDroll humored and observant modern-day relationship psychological comedy/drama. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigPowerfully honest, insightful and poignant. |
| Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttWhile winning no points for originality, Baumbach and his co-conspirator in the script, Jennifer Jason Leigh -- have created an all-too-convincing portrait of a 40-year-old man in emotional freefall. |
| OregonianShawn LevyWhy would you watch a film about a creep like Greenberg? Well, aside from the fact that it’s well-done and intense and occasionally funny (in a dark, dark way, mind you), there’s the sneaking suspicion that there’s a little of this fellow in all of us, and self-knowledge of that sort is a gift that, often, only art can give. |