While We're Young
CAST
Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts
RATING
R
RELEASE
March 27, 2015
DIRECTOR
Noah Baumbach
STUDIO
A24
RUNNING TIME
1 hour 37 minutes
STARS
***3/4
REVIEW:
In between working with his co-writer/female lead/muse Greta Gerwig, filmmaker Noah Baumbach made a little film called "While We're Young." This is the story of a married couple in their 40s, played by Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts, who begin to feel full of life and youthful again after befriending a younger and more free-spirited couple played by Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried. It's easy to pass this off as yet another movie that has people reminiscing about the "good ol' days," but Baumbach takes this concept and adds in a surprisingly relatable story-arc about people striving to make it to the top no matter the cost. The script is well-written, Baumbach's direction is on point, and every actor delivers a strong performance. Adam Driver in particular steals the show in every scene he's in. If you haven't seen "While We're Young" yet, then definitely seek it out and give it a watch. It is slow and weak at times, but everything great about this movie makes up for that.
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