The dinner before the dance party was beautifully styled and shot. The rest was meh.

I agree it was fine. Not terrible, not amazing. It was very sentimental in a way that felt a little cheap to me. It's more stylized and less naturalistic than most Baumbach movies, which I didn't love -- I think his movies pack more punch when they feel more real. But I think this was an intentional choice, to highlight the degree to which Jay feels like he's an actor playing himself in a movie. They were heavy handed with that theme, but also it kind of worked? I though the stuff with Billy Crudup and the scenes on the train were the best parts, and that everything in Italy was meh. Also the Ben character felt miscast -- Patrick Wilson feels generic in that role whereas every other casting choice felt very intentional and specific.

It is perfectly watchable. Was surprised by the 15% manager figure. Is that real? So the Sandler character was earning 3-10M annually. He had 2 big actors, one is supposedly similar to a tom cruise level star.

Spoiler alert: then by the end, he does what? No income needed anymore? Huh

It was like a diluted Wes Anderson movie. But it was on Netflix and so essentially I saved $20 at the movie theater for something else.

I thought it was fine.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was bad. The actors were fine. It was badly written. Boring and pretentious. I have liked other think Noah Baumbach movies but he can be very pretentious and this is one if those. Some interesting stuff about regrets as you get older but not much else.

+1. I didn’t care for it at all. And AS’s character calling everyone puppy was really annoying. The best characters were the 2 daughters.

Agree with everyone on here calling it boring. I turned it off after AS is on ad out point for the match and couldn't finish the tennis tourney.

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was bad. The actors were fine. It was badly written. Boring and pretentious. I have liked other think Noah Baumbach movies but he can be very pretentious and this is one if those. Some interesting stuff about regrets as you get older but not much else.

+1. I didn’t care for it at all. And AS’s character calling everyone puppy was really annoying. The best characters were the 2 daughters.

Anonymous wrote:Teen daughter walked through when I was watching Wolfs with GC and Brad Pitt... I started to try to explain how hot they used to be... then just gave up. They are completely not relevant to her!

Maybe she'll have a Christopher Plummer or Brando moment one day and will post on DC Stratosphere People (DCSP) how hot Brad Pitt used to be!

Funny, my 13yo loves Brad Pitt after watching WWZ. Thinks he’s hot, lol.

It's funny and touching. Great cast.

Teen daughter walked through when I was watching Wolfs with GC and Brad Pitt... I started to try to explain how hot they used to be... then just gave up. They are completely not relevant to her!

Maybe she'll have a Christopher Plummer or Brando moment one day and will post on DC Stratosphere People (DCSP) how hot Brad Pitt used to be!

I thought it was bad. The actors were fine. It was badly written. Boring and pretentious. I have liked other think Noah Baumbach movies but he can be very pretentious and this is one if those. Some interesting stuff about regrets as you get older but not much else.

Anonymous wrote:I just can't look at Clooney anymore.

Me, neither.

I just can't look at Clooney anymore.

Anonymous wrote:I heard it was awful.

Don't believe everything you hear.

I heard it was awful.

Loved it! George Clooney + Adam Sandler were both great.