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

| Feb 23, 2018

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

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

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 16, 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

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

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

| Original Score: C+ | May 14, 2005

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

First-time writer and director Noah Baumbach, 25, has a knack for acute observation and a spirited cast to animate every twisted nuance.

Full Review | May 12, 2001

Baumbach ... pushes his rigorous stance to the extent that you begin to wonder why you're bothering to watch the aimless lives of these four unfold.

| Feb 13, 2001

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Stands out amongst the 'twentysomething and fresh out of college' crop of films.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

I like people who talk interestingly, who have read books, who appreciate verbal wit, who look dubiously at establishment assumptions.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

In general, Baumbach's eye for generational detail is impeccable -- he knows what's on these kids' minds, and has found a language to express it.

| Jan 1, 2000

Writer-director Noel Baumbach establishes an ear for commentary during his wry-guy movie's opening graduation party.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 6, 1995