Kicking and Screaming

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Mason M @RT73597940 10/15/2024 With some of the most quotable dialogue that I've seen in a film, and a great cast of characters with interesting dynamics, Baumbach creates a strongly built melancholy and nostalgic world in one of his best works. See more Christian K @ckacar 03/08/2024 A fun hang with some fake smart and unhappy people, the banter works throughout. See more Devin B @RT12476033 11/13/2023 Some parts are funny but couldn't get into the majority of the story. See more dave s @RT68722908 12/01/2022 Noah Baumbach's Kicking and Screaming is filled with some clever dialogue. Unfortunately, much of the clever dialogue has nothing to with what preceded it or what follows. And that seems to be the problem with Baumbach's debut as a writer and director – virtually any scene or piece of dialogue could be spliced in elsewhere and nobody would know the difference. The premise of the movie? A group of college graduates, all of them pompous beyond belief, find themselves trapped in a self-created dead zone between university and the real world, a zone where it is acceptable to whine and pout and spout arcane thoughts without any repercussions. The only real reason to watch this is to experience Baumbach's arc as a filmmaker as he evolves and progresses over time from this drivel to, a couple of decades later, the fantastic Marriage Story. See more 12/06/2021 Pre-Gerwig Baumbach at his best because, here, he is most like Whit Stillman, including even some of his actors. See more 10/20/2021 Waste of time. I don't even remember why I watched it. It is slow and seemed to be going nowhere. I guess I can see what was attempted to be captured by this film, but to watch it...it made me feel miserable. See more Read all reviews

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