Abbott is phenomenal in the lead role and I like how the camera movements are perfectly in sync with his erratic mood swings.

One of the best movies of my lifetime. It's extremely real and every moment felt like something that has happened to me. If you've lost a loved one this movie will relate to you in some way. Christopher Abbot continues to be one of the greatest actors of all time. 10)/10 everyone must watch once in their life.

Strongest part is the relationship between mother and son, portrayed with grace and delicacy by the leads, but the rest are just wanderings and debauchery that doesn't make you care for the protagonist at all.

Like the performance and close up shot to create such intense and suffocating atmosphere.

James White is one of the scariest realistic movies I've seen in a really long time. Scary, not as in horror but as in myself coming to grips with my near future. This story brought the modern age of anxiety and being a millennial in New York today which is exactly what I am. This film had one of the best constructed opening sequences where it completes its task so efficiently in brining you inside the head of our main character. He's not a protagonist, he's not an antagonist he's just James White who has issues that he has to learn to deal with. This film had me very emotionally invested, the ending is still slightly confusing to me but it lead to me looking more into the mechanics of the film and damn do I love what they chose to do. If you want a claustrophobic, anxiety driven, highly realistic, intimate domestic drama that delves into the mind of almost every mid 20s man in New York this is the film for you.

Powerful, affecting film. Christopher Abbott is so, so good. Want to see so much more from the principal cast, writer, and director. Yay, Kid Cudi also! ??

Realistic and emotional. Abbott and Nixon were outstanding in their roles. The scene towards the end, when James is talking to his mom in the bathroom as she is leaning on his chest, made me tear up. Phenomenal.

It was difficult at times to empathize with an extremely unlikable character

I never expect myself considering Cynthia Nixon as a great actress, but this film changes my view completely.

Sorry. To slow of a drama. Just no meat in the story.

Christopher Abbott y Cynthia Nixon, sublimes. Una película que no tiene que ser catalogada como realista o naturalista, ni como actual o intemporal. Muchos estarán agotados de ver cintas sobre un personaje autodestructivo y su redención, sobre la soledad o la enfermedad como metáfora del desprendimiento de nuestra humanidad; no obstante, el director y los actores nos sumergen en un mundo paralelo separado únicamente por una puerta, un muro o un hogar. Josh Mond nos introdujo en la habitación oscura de james y su madre, pero sólo nos dio un espejo para observar el reflejo de un mundo en el que siempre estará la misma imagen. Un punto clave es la cinematografía y los constantes primeros planos. Y no, ningún motivo está agotado.

Wrenching, real and intimate, "James White" explores loss, self-destruction and the powerful bond between a mother and son. Christopher Abbott is a revelation.

It's all about James. James White is a young, upper middle class New Yorker, eager to party, easy to anger. He is hard to like, but easy to pal around with. James is a happy drunk, but only for a minute. James is attempting adult life, while his parents are leaving it. With a wide open world to explore, James is begrudgingly forced into a caregiver roll, suddenly throwing his carefree, priveleged ways upside down. James is a selfish, conniving man, and often makes questionable decisions based on his lifelong lifestyle. This leads to fights, missed opportunities, and relationship conflicts. The brunt of this brutally honest movie is spent taking care of his terminally ill mother, played with a perfect blend of physical helplessness and mental toughness by Cynthia Nixon. Their's is a bumpy relationship born out of guilt, stubbornness and blood bonds. As James, Christopher Abbott is terrific, dominating the screen (he is in every shot), eliciting alternating waves of empathy and vitriol for a character as naked as can be. There are no easy answers, just a string of tough questions. Conflicted human behaviour has seldom been tackled so succinctly on the big screen. - hipCRANK

Not all I hoped it would be, but a solid effort. I think Abbott's character, James White, was just too inaccessible for me. And there were no other characters that grabbed me and gave me a reason to care about the them or the story. But there is great camera work, production design and acting.

Christopher Abbott is wondrous as the aimless, troubled James White, a character who is basically purposeless and disillusioned with life. This is an intense, searing portrait of a young man who can't find a way or a will to fit in anywhere. His hedonistic lifestyle leads to an empty one and when confronted with some harsh realities he is forced to come to terms with his place in life. This film reeks with reality and is well written and sublimely performed.

James White may not be the most original movie of the year but surely it is lead by stunning performances from Christopher Abbott and Cynthia Nixon that successfully manage to make the audience feel all the pain and suffering that this movie can give.

Prior to marrying a prophetess and starting the Seventh-day Adventist church, James White was a young man hell-bent on acid weekends and the party lifestyle. I just would suggest they utilize more 19th-century attire next time around because they did not have hoodies in the mid-1800s.

Three stars for the effort. This got really boring.

Sad, but ultimately engrossing exploration of a life threatening illness and its effect on a mother and son. A-

A slice of life following a self-destructive twenty-something simultaneously reeling from the death of his father and trying to take care of his cancer ridden mother. These pains and responsibilities both drive him to try and clean up his life, but also cause him to lash out and crumble under the the pressure. Abbott is absolutely exceptional playing James. Giving him just enough humanity to keep him from being an insufferable fuckup. This is greatly aided by the great chemistry between himself and his dying mother. You can see his genuine care and concern as he dedicates everything to her, and any free moment he drinks himself into oblivion. The camera is close and disorienting as frenzied handheld work is kept in tact by great cinematography and focus on performance. Not an easy film to watch, but well worth it for the deep empathy and pain it explores.