
Josh Srebnick is 44. He is married to Cornelia, 43, the daughter of Leslie Breitbart, a respected documentary filmmaker. The couple lives comfortably in New York Village and gives the image of happiness. But things are not so rosy as they look: on a personal level, their relationships have been cooling down while they suffer from not having children. On a professional plane, things have deteriorated as well. Josh, who is also a documentary filmmaker like his father-in-law, ha... (Full plot summary below)
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Josh Srebnick is 44. He is married to Cornelia, 43, the daughter of Leslie Breitbart, a respected documentary filmmaker. The couple lives comfortably in New York Village and gives the image of happiness. But things are not so rosy as they look: on a personal level, their relationships have been cooling down while they suffer from not having children. On a professional plane, things have deteriorated as well. Josh, who is also a documentary filmmaker like his father-in-law, has lost inspiration: he has been grappling with his last movie for eight years now without being able to complete it. To be true, Josh goes nowhere and his marriage is on the rocks. Things start changing when Josh and Cornelia meet another married pair: Jamie and Darby, a generation younger, express their admiration for Josh (Jamie wishing to become a documentary filmmaker himself). Plus, they are much cooler, smarter and more uninhibited than the two forty-odds. Could they help Josh and Cornelia to revive their couple? Could they give Josh an extra boost of energy to make a fresh start in his art?
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| Sky CinemaTim EvansFunny and wise, it's got to be a front-runner for best comedy of the year. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertIt's a satire of endless youth, "The Kids Are All Right" colliding with "My Generation." Yet it's the best kind of grown-up absurdism. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawBaumbach has produced another excruciatingly pleasurable and wince-inducing study in insecurity. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA middle-aged couple who are stuck-in-a-rut in their marriage and work yearn to build a richer and deeper life together in love. |
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNoah Baumbach’s sensational satirical drama While We’re Young is, finally, a movie for grownups to run out and see. |
| The GuardianCatherine ShoardAn almost perfect 90-minute hit of confident and inspired comedic commentary. |
| Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy[A] mostly engaging but only fitfully inspired serio-comedy. |
| Times-PicayuneMike ScottBaumbach, however -- while not entirely past that particular cocktail of curmudgeonly emotions -- demonstrates an ability to laugh at his own apparent age hang-ups. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyIt's a very funny movie, and a beautifully cast one |
| Film InquiryAlistair RyderFew movies are as perfect in showing the duality of ageing generations simultaneously distrusting the young whilst wishing they were young again - and even fewer are as funny and insightful as this. |