
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.... (Full plot summary below)
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Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.
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| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesAs a rising young novelist in the Philip Roth vein, Schwartzman delivers Perry's dyspeptic, neurotic, supremely arrogant dialogue even better than Perry himself did in the earlier movie. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Robbie CollinPerry somehow allows his cast enough space in this meticulously authored environment to work creative wonders of their own. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsWriter-director Perry has made a bracing and very Roth-y study of ambition and itchy literary yearning. In another time and another world, Robert Altman captured the essence of William Faulkner's landscape by filming a non-Faulkner crime story, "Thieves Like Us." This is comparable to what Perry has done here. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisWords do more than hurt, they also slash and burn in this sharp, dyspeptic, sometimes gaspingly funny exploration of art and life, men and women, being and nonbeing, and the power and limits of language. |
| TheWrapAlonso DuraldeThose willing to commit to a fascinating story about talented and intelligent people who can also be selfish, vulnerable, strong-headed, short-sighted, and emotionally needy, however, will want to pull this one off the shelf. |
| NewcityRay PrideThere's incendiary comedy in the fierce hostility of young New York writer Philip, and Schwartzman, a specialist in intelligent but hostile male characters, with streaks of sweetness beneath misguided cruelty, has invested himself in a role among roles. |
| The DissolveScott TobiasListen Up Philip doesn’t care to be liked. And in that, it deserves to be loved. |
| Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyWhile the intolerance fueling this dark, existential comedy won't be to everyone's liking, the film's cerebral beat-down is a strange and sardonic thing of beauty. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonDespite some scattered big laughs from this collection of insufferable characters, we too often laugh at them rather than with them, and the tedious film ultimately suffocates from its quirks. |
| Film ExperienceGlenn DunksFrequently viciously cruel and hilarious, imbued by a cynical New York City, Listen Up Philip is a vital step forward for an exciting new talent. |