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Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 23  Rotten:12 Average Rating: 6.2/10
 
Consensus: Although not terribly focused, Hannah Takes the Stairs contains refreshing realism.
 

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Runtime: 83 mins

Theatrical Release: Aug 22, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: Over the course of one hot post-graduate summer, Hannah (Greta Gerwig), falls precariously in and out of love. A breaker of hearts and chronically dissatisfied she finds herself drifting away from her newly unemployed boyfriend (Mark Duplass, THE PUFFY CHAIR) and drawn to two of her... Over the course of one hot post-graduate summer, Hannah (Greta Gerwig), falls precariously in and out of love. A breaker of hearts and chronically dissatisfied she finds herself drifting away from her newly unemployed boyfriend (Mark Duplass, THE PUFFY CHAIR) and drawn to two of her co-workers, Matt (Kent Osborne) and Paul (Andrew Bujalski, MUTUAL APPRECIATION). Conceived without a traditional script, this triumph of improvisional acting was born from intimate collaboration between director Joe Swanberg, and his cast, which is made up of some of todays most important up and coming independent filmmakers. Alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, and featuring stunning naturalistic performances, HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS is a delicate look at friendship, ambition, and the pursuit of happiness that heralds the return of a truly independent form of American moviemaking. -- © IFC Films [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski

Director: Joe Swanberg
Producer: Joe Swanberg
Composer: Kevin Bewersdorf

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 22, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digitasl Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Joe Swanberg - Director 2. Greta Gerwig - Actor 3. Kent Osbourne - Actor
  • Behind-the-Scenes
  • Deleted Scenes

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Goes full blast on geek chatter.

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Dennis Schwartz
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2.5/4

Joe Swanberg's film wears out its welcome about halfway through its 83 minutes.

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11/30/07
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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3.5/5

Swanberg can be playful behind the camera -- he has a taste for Godardian jump cuts -- and his sense of color is crisp. Gerwig, his millennial Jean Seberg, is no pixie; her captivating ordinariness helps hold the movie together.

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10/26/07
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle
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3/4

[Director] Swanberg nails the inane fun of youth.

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10/19/07
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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2.5/5

No one involved seems to have any thoughts about why people are selfish and cruel to each other, but they're more than willing to complain about it.

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10/18/07
Matt Pais
Metromix.com
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3/4

Chop off a star if you're not up for highly experimental cinema.

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10/18/07
Sid Smith
Chicago Tribune
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2.5/4

When it works, it works like a charm.

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09/28/07
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times
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3/5

Perfectly encapsulates the slow-motion, frustrated feeling of early adulthood, when longing and inchoate desire easily outnumber actual transformative events and achievements.

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09/28/07
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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Performances help raise Hannah Takes the Stairs above the realm of self-indulgent cinema to something worth seeing.

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09/27/07
Andy Spletzer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Gerwig is a modest (like everything in Mumblecore) revelation in the role, with a lithe, teasing sexuality and a vibrant personality that seems to be darting off in as many directions as her tousled blonde hair.

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09/27/07
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly
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2/4

Looks like it should be on an Off Off Off Broadway play in the Village...

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09/15/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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Gerwig proves herself to be a charming screen presence who manages to make her character somehow appealing despite her utter self-involvement.

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09/14/07
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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3/4

Hannah is charmingly self-absorbed without the extenuating circumstance of self-knowledge. Above all, she's young. The movie forgives her for that and, with occasional misgivings, so do we.

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09/07/07
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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B-

Hannah (Greta Gerwig), the peroxided heroine, leaps from one hookup to the next, but is she searching for passion or just treading water? In the new generational film movement that's been dubbed 'Mumblecore,' it's often hard to tell the difference.

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09/05/07
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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B

Swanberg is accurately charting the social rituals of the young and inarticulate.

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08/25/07
Noel Murray
Onion AV Club
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1.5/4

Note to anyone who stumbles into this snoozefest: forget about taking the stairs—head straight for the nearest exit.

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08/24/07
Gary Goldstein
Reel.com
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Gerwig actually gives her insufferable character some verve -- the actress has potential -- but the remainder of the movie is a slice of life that doesn't much show much life.

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08/24/07
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
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2/4

The fumbling banalities spouted by the characters belie the prior achievements of the actors making them up.

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08/23/07
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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4/6

[Actor] Gerwig [turns] her terminally anxious character into a poster girl for an entire subset of young women on the verge. Every generation gets the Darling they deserve. We now have ours.

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08/23/07
David Fear
Time Out New York
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Joe Swanberg’s charming comedy Hannah Takes the Stairs marks the Chicago-based filmmaker’s third feature, but his first to land theatrical distribution.

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08/22/07
Eric Kohn
New York Press
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