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Men, Women & Children

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Like many Americans, average suburbanite Don Truby and his 15-year-old son use the Internet for information, communication and viewing pornography. Don's son Chris also maintains sexually explicit conversations with classmate Hannah, an aspiring actress whose mother posts pictures of her daughter on a modeling Website. In sharp contrast, overprotective mom Patricia Beltmeyer does everything in her power to protect her daughter from the digital age.
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Men, Women & Children is timely, but director Jason Reitman's overbearing approach to its themes blunts the movie's impact.

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Jason Bailey Flavorwire Jun 18, 2016
It's the kind of movie where you wouldn't be surprised to discover Reitman and co- writer Erin Cressida Wilson were ticking the boxes on a literal checklist. Go to Full Review
Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Dec 7, 2014
2/5
Top marks go to young leads Ansel Elgort and Kaitlyn Dever, who manage to create their own believable world within the mawkish miasma of this flawed movie. Go to Full Review
Donald Clarke Irish Times Dec 6, 2014
2/5
Flitting furiously from one story to the next, the film seems, appropriately enough, unhappy to allow any exchanges longer than 140 characters. Go to Full Review
Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema Oct 28, 2021
1/5
A shallow look at suburban America. Go to Full Review
Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Feb 2, 2021
1/5
Might have been better off with a title like Old Folks Just Don't Understand. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 16, 2020
3.0/4.0
Reitman comes up with a simple yet effective way to make it all work and for the most part it does. Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 12, 2026 Funny in 1 hour and 59 minutes. Rated R for Language, Graphic Dialogue Throughout, Some Involving Teens and Strong Sexual Content. See more Karen K @RT29232061 Jul 7, 2026 Painfully boring. I couldn't get past the first 20 mins and I was irritated the whole time by the porn and the boring characters. It tries way too hard to be provocative but told in the driest most unimaginative way possible. The only movie on Netflix i gave a thumbs down to so far. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Aug 19, 2025 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Luis T @RT99759221 Apr 2, 2025 Suburban high school drama focused on a few kids and their parents. The anorexic girl, the football player who quits, the overly protective paranoid mother and her daughter, the parents having affairs etc. Except it falls flat, but the girls are cute. See more hardy c @hardy00 Oct 5, 2024 A boring film about a boring subject, reducing the internet to nothing more than a platform with which to get laid. Maybe that is the bottom line but to we really need two tedious hours to tell us that? See more Kyle M @RT77296778 Jul 17, 2024 There’s occasional straying in Jason Reitman’s bold, topical approach as he extends his reach in tackling negative effects of digital communication with a thoughtful double-edged sword able to show both impactful senses through an appealing cast’s rough embrace. (B) See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Like many Americans, average suburbanite Don Truby and his 15-year-old son use the Internet for information, communication and viewing pornography. Don's son Chris also maintains sexually explicit conversations with classmate Hannah, an aspiring actress whose mother posts pictures of her daughter on a modeling Website. In sharp contrast, overprotective mom Patricia Beltmeyer does everything in her power to protect her daughter from the digital age.
Director
Jason Reitman
Producer
Jason Reitman, Helen Estabrook
Screenwriter
Jason Reitman, Erin Cressida Wilson
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Right of Way Films
Rating
R (Language|Graphic Dialogue Throughout|Some Involving Teens|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 17, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 12, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$668.0K
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby Digital
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