Baumbach puts his trust in the details, and he gets them right.

| Feb 23, 2018

...clever, confessional narcissism.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 10, 2017

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

For a debut, Noah Baumbach's Kicking and Screaming is an impressive effort, but it lacks the resonance or flexibility of his The Squid and the Whale, released ten years later.

| Original Score: 58/100 | Feb 28, 2010

Mixing the neurotic drive of Woody Allen with the urbane wit of Stillman, this derivative debut presents yet another take on guys who simply can't let go of college--and their adolescence.

| Original Score: B- | Dec 19, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2006

Charts the aimlessness and ennui of four insufferable, maturation-adverse college grads with relaxed realism.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 16, 2006

| Original Score: D+ | Jun 24, 2006

Not much happens, but it captures that moment between college and the real world with perceptive [occasionally glib] accuracy.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 23, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 16, 2005

Sporadically funny film with an achingly predictable plot - your enjoyment of this will hinge on whether or not you think Will Ferrell is a Comedy God.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 22, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 14, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 14, 2005

| Original Score: C+ | May 14, 2005

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 13, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 13, 2005

One of the better navel-gazing comedies of this period

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 23, 2004

Smart and well-performed - captures a time and a feeling with grace and intelligence.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2002