Storyline
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
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Elliott Gould, Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton, Parker Posey, Cara Buono, David DeLuise, Olivia d'Abo, Chris Eigeman, Peter Czernin, Carlos Jacott, Jason Wiles, Perrey Reeves, Noah Baumbach, Catherine Kellner, Eliza Roberts, Christopher Reed, Lauren Katz, Ian Davids, Samuel Gould, Jonathan Baumbach, Dean Cameron, John Lehr, Kaela Dobkin
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Reviews
90
Chicago Reader
There's plenty of wit on the surface, but the pain of paralysis comes through loud and clear.
83
The final affirmation of this romance is really an affirmation of Baumbach's talent: that a young filmmaker fixated on the solipsistic rituals of guyhood understands the hearts of women, too.
80
As a writer, Baumbach loves smart, glib talk, and he has a sharp ear for fast-paced, overlapping dialogue; as a director, though, he prefers long takes that allow his characters to work out their feelings.
75
Kicking and Screaming doesn't have much of a plot, but of course it wouldn't; this is a movie about characters waiting for their plots to begin.
75
Rolling Stone
Scenes move from hurt to resigned laughter and ring poignantly true. The heroically unfashionable result is a minor but distinct pleasure.
