By the end of “Don’t Think Twice” I felt I knew each of these people. I knew their personalities, their struggles, and their aspirations. Most importantly I cared.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 20, 2022

Don't Think Twice happens to be one of the funniest and kindest films of 2016.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 2, 2021

Birbiglia masterfully captures the improv vibe.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 6, 2020

Don't Think Twice, Mike Birbiglia's second feature film, stands taller than his previous feature, a slender work.

| Mar 13, 2020

Birbiglia dips one toe into comedy, but he also grounds his film in reality.

| Original Score: 3.25/5 | Dec 5, 2019

While Don't Think Twice might not be as hilarious as you'd expect from this cast, it's great to see them flex their muscles with more dramatic material.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 15, 2019

Bitingly honest, revealing, insightful and hysterical, Twice is an off-kilter comedy that resonates because it feels like an inside road map into the chaotic lives of the featured troupe members utilizing improvisation as their creative tool of trade.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 9, 2018

Don't Think Twice runs you through a gamut of emotions without any bitterness, only earnestness.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 1, 2018

Through the arguments and the sadness and the jealousy, Don't Think Twice remains a quietly jubilant film, celebrating the way improv makes something - a laugh, a family, a partnership, a career - out of nothing.

| Aug 27, 2018

It's a hilarious but moving look at the realities of navigating the stages of adulthood, and one of my favorite films of the year.

| Aug 23, 2018

"Don't Think Twice" is realistic, the characters multi-layered, and the execution admirable and thought-provokingly engaging.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2018

While Don't Think Twice shies away from the dark and demented impulses of standup, it exposes the uncomfortable realization that change is a necessary evil when it comes to creating great art.

| Aug 22, 2018

If you are a fan of improv comedy, Don't Think Twice is a movie that was made for you.

| Nov 19, 2017

Humorous look at the stalled career of a stand-up comedian.

| Original Score: B | Nov 13, 2017

While it's equal parts funny, poignant and trenchant, the film mostly acts as a pulpit for Birbiglia to vent his frustrations pointedly at the person who eclipsed his career.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 5, 2017

Don't Think Twice actually shows Birbiglia to be in the mold of Robert Altman, a naturalistic filmmaker sympathetic enough to show even the "bad" characters in a good light and caustic enough to tarnish the supposed heroes.

| Oct 17, 2017

Don't Think Twice has comedy as its subject, but it is a far more dramatic and perplexing affair than a comic one.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 12, 2017

The film is not a grand exercise in maturation but in reality.

| Aug 28, 2017

Mostly, it's like a lo-fi cover of Morrissey's "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful." Kind of whiny, kind of mean, and kind of true.

| Aug 18, 2017

Altogether, [Don't Think Twice] makes for a full-blooded study of performing and one of the most honest, most love-filled films of the year.

| Original Score: A | Aug 1, 2017