Loses its initial kick and verve and settles down into one long whine.
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01/01/00
Kicking & Screaming (1995)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:16
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A witty, New York-set talk-fest about a group of twentysomethings who, with college degrees and no prospects, lean on each other and a friendly local bartender in their quest for the meaning of life.
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Olivia d'Abo, Chris Eigeman, Josh Hamilton
Director: Noah Baumbach
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Reviews for Kicking & Screaming
Stands out amongst the 'twentysomething and fresh out of college' crop of films.
01/01/00
What's on screen is just a little too familiar to be worth lauding.
01/01/00
Top Critic
I like people who talk interestingly, who have read books, who appreciate verbal wit, who look dubiously at establishment assumptions.
01/01/00
Top CriticIn general, Baumbach's eye for generational detail is impeccable -- he knows what's on these kids' minds, and has found a language to express it.
01/01/00
Top CriticMixing the neurotic drive of Woody Allen with the urbane wit of Stillman, this well-written debut presents an uncompromising take on guys who simply can't let go of college--and their prolonged adolescence.
12/19/06
A hilarious example of what not to do when you graduate.
01/01/00
Baumbach makes an assured writing/directing debut, but this will probably do best in the video marketplace.
01/01/00
Although Baumbach's film showed a lot of potential, too much was unrealized for me to be able to recommend it.
01/01/00
Charts the aimlessness and ennui of four insufferable, maturation-adverse college grads with relaxed realism.
08/16/06
Baumbach fails to realize that too often movies about boring people are, well, boring.
01/01/00
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.
02/13/01
Top CriticKicking And Screaming's familiarity breeds a caustic but definitive contentment that comes with uncloaking the popular twentysomething trend toward guy-bright-but-lite.
01/01/00
First-time writer and director Noah Baumbach, 25, has a knack for acute observation and a spirited cast to animate every twisted nuance.
05/12/01
Top CriticSporadically funny film with an achingly predictable plot – your enjoyment of this will hinge on whether or not you think Will Ferrell is a Comedy God.
07/25/05
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