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Cast

Greta Gerwig
as Brooke

Lola Kirke
as Tracy

Heather Lind
as Mamie Claire

Michael Chernus
as Dylan

Charlie Gillette
as Carey

Matthew Shear
as Tony

Cindy Cheung
as Karen

Joel Marsh Garland

Kathryn Erbe
as Tracy's Mom

Dean Wareham
as Harold

Clare Foley
as Peggy

Shana Dowdeswell
as Ruth

Shelby Rebecca Wong
as Laura

Alan McAdam
as Professor #2

Morgan Lynch
as Student

Andrea Chen
as Hallway Girls

Shoba Narayanan
as Hallway Girls

Colin Stokes
as Mobius Guy

Juliet Brett
as Tiny Girl

Gretchen Young
as Work Study Woman

Rebecca Naomi Jones
as Party Hostess

Mickey Sumner
as Fake Brooke

Mary Beth Minthorn
as Cycling Class Student

Rebecca Henderson
as Anna

Jasmine Cephas Jones

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• Jan 28, 2016

  I actually wish Baumbach had pushed the zany and farcical elements further rather than falling back on a familiar narrative. Gerwig's performance deserved something bolder.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer
• Dec 18, 2015

  It is great to see a Noah Baumbach movie that doesn't try my patience for a change with his insufferable characters, as he crafts a delightful story that works really well precisely because it understands that their flaws don't make them at all lovable or cute in their pathetic quirkiness.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Dec 01, 2015

  In his second feature of the year writer/director Noah Baumbach delivers much of what we're accustomed to with sharp observations and witty dialogue that cut complicated emotions down into simple and coherent sentences. Re-teaming with Frances Ha star and real-life companion Greta Gerwig the two have crafted a script that tells of lonely college freshman, Tracy (Lola Kirke), whose world is turned upside down by her adventurous soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Gerwig). With Mistress America Baumbach and Gerwig have again tapped into this hip world that only exists in New York City and exploited it for the benefit of relaying universal themes we all consider more as time continues to pass us by. As I said in my review of While We're Young earlier this year it tends to feel as if Baumbach is repeats himself especially given Gerwig could essentially be playing an extension of her Frances as both of these young women are embarking on their thirties and watching the possibility of realizing their dreams dwindle. Still, it's as if each of these features that have featured a mix of Ben Stiller and Gerwig are, while similar, still able to present a certain caveat of what makes these similar characters unique to each film. By illuminating one particular quality and focusing in on a certain set of flaws the whole of Baumbach's body of work will seemingly one day amount to an exploration of what a single yet complicated human psyche actually looks like. In Mistress America we are given a brief eighty-five minute exploration that feeds off the creative mind and the difference in living and creating. Tracy is the young, aspiring writer with her entire life in front of her who finds a muse in someone ten years older who is simply trying to live as much as she can before maturity inevitably takes away all her youthful tendencies. Essentially, Tracy knows not what she has and Brooke, while admittedly something of a mess, wants only to hold on to what Tracy has an abundance of, but takes for granted. This is a precisely written, hugely funny movie that only makes me yearn for more collaborations between these two. Also, like Frances Ha, the music choices are once again on point.
  

  Philip P Super Reviewer
• Nov 08, 2015

  A hymn to libertarian capitalism, this is best seen as a documentary about the American dream. These people can take any risk because, as loyal youth born to the prosperous white middle class, someone will always bail them out or offer them a comfortable lifeline like, say, a nice grant of public money or a debt repaid just by asking. It is an unremitting ode to 24/7 self importance. The backdrop is the grimy, haphazard city that we are to think of as cool, wherever in the world it happens to develop. And this is New York, the cream of free enterprise. Watch it, and take note. You may get what you are wishing for, you and your children could live like this, so choose wisely.
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