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With typically sharp work from writer-director Nicole Holofcener and finely layered performances, The Land of Steady Habits is one mid-life crisis worth watching.
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A great actor when his motor is running fast, Mendelsohn is surprisingly attractive at slower speeds and better when Holofcener makes him twist. Sep 18, 2018 | Full Review…
A great actor when his motor is running fast, Mendelsohn is surprisingly attractive at slower speeds and better when Holofcener makes him twist.
David Edelstein
Laying it all out with a piercing authenticity, Holofcener makes us hope that the wait till her next feature is not quite so long. Sep 13, 2018 | Full Review…
Laying it all out with a piercing authenticity, Holofcener makes us hope that the wait till her next feature is not quite so long.
Kenneth Turan
The decision to spend a little time on a lot of different characters results in a splintered story that muddles - rather then clarifies - its protagonist's roundabout journey back to himself. Sep 13, 2018 | Rating: C | Full Review…
The decision to spend a little time on a lot of different characters results in a splintered story that muddles - rather then clarifies - its protagonist's roundabout journey back to himself.
David Ehrlich
Really bad decisions are made, people lie, no one convincingly grows. Lest this be taken as biting commentary, the music, stilted dialogue and epilogue assure us it's in earnest. Sep 13, 2018 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Really bad decisions are made, people lie, no one convincingly grows. Lest this be taken as biting commentary, the music, stilted dialogue and epilogue assure us it's in earnest.
Michael Ordoña
As the tone wobbles between absurdity and tragedy, it also starts to shift toward something deeper and more bittersweet than mere midlife ennui. Sep 13, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review…
As the tone wobbles between absurdity and tragedy, it also starts to shift toward something deeper and more bittersweet than mere midlife ennui.
Leah Greenblatt
No detail ever seems to go unnoticed in Holofcener's world, and viewers could spend the entire running time simply admiring her powers of surveillance. Sep 13, 2018 | Full Review…
No detail ever seems to go unnoticed in Holofcener's world, and viewers could spend the entire running time simply admiring her powers of surveillance.
Elizabeth Weitzman
I like this movie. It is dark, but it also has a lot of humor in it. It also has the benefit of having characters capable of a bit of very unlikely redemption. Feb 4, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
I like this movie. It is dark, but it also has a lot of humor in it. It also has the benefit of having characters capable of a bit of very unlikely redemption.
Robert Roten
Holofcener is right to call it "a sad, small story," as beyond the warm performances the constant thrum of moneyed self-indulgence occasionally palls... Jan 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Holofcener is right to call it "a sad, small story," as beyond the warm performances the constant thrum of moneyed self-indulgence occasionally palls...
Andrew Collins
The story line never had much urgency and the life lessons were dished out as easy as choosing bath towels. Jan 4, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
The story line never had much urgency and the life lessons were dished out as easy as choosing bath towels.
Dennis Schwartz
It's Holofcener's first film for Netflix, which may be ruthlessly fitting given its attack on staid domestic archetypes and middle-class mores. Jan 2, 2019 | Full Review…
It's Holofcener's first film for Netflix, which may be ruthlessly fitting given its attack on staid domestic archetypes and middle-class mores.
Pamela Hutchinson
With excellent acting, this film is a vigorous look at suburban anomie, mid-life crisis, and the ways a man's involvement with family can prove unwanted by others. Dec 6, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
With excellent acting, this film is a vigorous look at suburban anomie, mid-life crisis, and the ways a man's involvement with family can prove unwanted by others.
Harvey S. Karten
The Land of Steady Habits is, without fanfare, like life. [Full review in Spanish] Oct 29, 2018 | Full Review…
The Land of Steady Habits is, without fanfare, like life. [Full review in Spanish]
Pablo A. Scholz
One of the better movies about suburban ennui. Holofcener understands that each character's unhappiness is deeper than mere dissatisfaction.
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