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Plot Summary
This critically-praised first film from Noah Baumbach focuses on four young men who graduate from college and can’t decide where to go next. They conclude they might as well stay on campus, much to the annoyance and disbelief of their girlfriends.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
53%- Reviews Counted: 34
- Fresh: 18
- Rotten: 16
- Average Rating: 5.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: First-time writer and director Noah Baumbach, 25, has a knack for acute observation and a spirited cast to animate every twisted nuance.
Fresh: Writer-director Noel Baumbach establishes an ear for commentary during his wry-guy movie's opening graduation party.
Rotten: Baumbach ... pushes his rigorous stance to the extent that you begin to wonder why you're bothering to watch the aimless lives of these four unfold.
Rotten: What's on screen is just a little too familiar to be worth lauding.
Customer Reviews
Not the soccer movie, a 90s indie movie
Please do not give this movie a low review because it isn't the soccer movie with Will Ferrell in it. If you're too dumb to look at the picture and see that Will Ferrell isn't in the movie, then that's your problem and you shouldn't take it out on this movie. This movie was made in the 90s. It's about people who've graduated college but are still living in the college town and trying to figure out what to do with their lives. It's funny in spots and a fun, quirky movie. If you liked the 90s (answering machine jokes lol) you'll probably like this movie.
Excellent Film
I had graduated from college a few years before this film debuted; maybe it hit close to home with me and my friends who had moved in together to be, uh, slackers with high aspirations in the 90s. Smartly written dialogue allows this character study to be funny and and poignant, even fifteen years later. A great cast (including Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Carlos Jacott, and a small role from Eric Stoltz) carries this smart film from Noah Baumbach. A must see for anyone who ever clung to old habits, unable to move forward with responsibility.
Beware the Cookie Man!
I graduated from college the year this movie came out and although I moved on after graduating, the feeling of not knowing what the next step in life was going to be was constantly on my mind. The main characters in this movie graduate and keep living the college lifestyle because they don't know what else to do. Although it sounds like serious stuff, this movie is HILARIOUS! It's not slapsticky funny, but subtlely funny. The more you watch it, the more you pick up on the little things...similar to other Noah Baumbach movies (The Life Aquatic...).
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