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Although not terribly focused, Hannah Takes the Stairs contains refreshing realism.
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It's never enough to establish any sensitivity or social pertinence beyond the trifling tiffs which are playing out on screen. Jan 9, 2009 | Rating: 2/6 | Full Review…
It's never enough to establish any sensitivity or social pertinence beyond the trifling tiffs which are playing out on screen.
David Jenkins
There's only so much twentysomething navel-gazing one can listen to before wanting to slap some sense - and some fully formed sentences - into them all. Jan 9, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
There's only so much twentysomething navel-gazing one can listen to before wanting to slap some sense - and some fully formed sentences - into them all.
Wendy Ide
There is something teeth-grindingly cutesy about the whole thing, reaching epic levels of dippiness in the, ahem, nude trumpet-playing scenes. That makes it sound interesting, come to think of it, and perhaps it is. Jan 9, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
There is something teeth-grindingly cutesy about the whole thing, reaching epic levels of dippiness in the, ahem, nude trumpet-playing scenes. That makes it sound interesting, come to think of it, and perhaps it is.
Peter Bradshaw
Hannah Takes the Stairs, the latest comedy of mannerisms in the "mumblecore" style, is maddening for 60 of its 83 minutes. Jan 9, 2009 | Full Review…
Hannah Takes the Stairs, the latest comedy of mannerisms in the "mumblecore" style, is maddening for 60 of its 83 minutes.
Nigel Andrews
The film meanders along in conversational style, encouraging improvisational realism but also the thought that maybe these middle-class characters, not quite slackers, are less interesting than they, or the director, think they are. Jan 9, 2009 | Rating: 2/5
The film meanders along in conversational style, encouraging improvisational realism but also the thought that maybe these middle-class characters, not quite slackers, are less interesting than they, or the director, think they are.
Derek Malcolm
Joe Swanberg's film wears out its welcome about halfway through its 83 minutes. Nov 30, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Joe Swanberg's film wears out its welcome about halfway through its 83 minutes.
G. Allen Johnson
Smart and engaging, but too many meandering breeze-shooting sequences. Jan 9, 2009 | Rating: 3/5
Smart and engaging, but too many meandering breeze-shooting sequences.
David Parkinson
Less dazed and confused than mumbling and mundane, this drama focuses on social awkwardness and twentysomething blues. Skipping aimlessly from scene to scene it offers little observations and rewards low expectations. Jan 9, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Less dazed and confused than mumbling and mundane, this drama focuses on social awkwardness and twentysomething blues. Skipping aimlessly from scene to scene it offers little observations and rewards low expectations.
Jamie Russell
For every revelatory moment of sharp perception there's an eternity of goofy smiles, stuttered dialogue and embarrassed glances. Jan 9, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
For every revelatory moment of sharp perception there's an eternity of goofy smiles, stuttered dialogue and embarrassed glances.
Tim Evans
Watchable independent drama from the mumblecore crowd, though it's not quite sharp enough, funny enough or insightful enough to really get off the ground and the characters are occasionally irritating. Jan 9, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Watchable independent drama from the mumblecore crowd, though it's not quite sharp enough, funny enough or insightful enough to really get off the ground and the characters are occasionally irritating.
Matthew Turner
Goes full blast on geek chatter. Jul 7, 2008 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Goes full blast on geek chatter.
Dennis Schwartz
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. Oct 26, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
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.
Marrit Ingman
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