The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) 2017
Directed by Noah Baumbach · 112 mins · 1,935 views
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Gerwig’s influence on Baumbach cannot be understated. This has almost every staple of his earlier work (primarily the male existential anxiety and familial fallout) but there’s a sharpness to the editing rhythm + compositions and a kindness in the writing, a maturity and generosity that deepens the characters and comedy where the anger and cruelty of his earlier efforts would’ve undermined them. Performances are uniformly excellent of course but Elizabeth Marvel nearly walks away with this.
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How is it possible that Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler haven’t made a movie together since Happy Gilmore? They are so damn good in this. We should have had two decades of collaborations.
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Okay THIS is where the Sandler comeback (Sandlerssaince?) officially began
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A noticeable improvement from Adam Sandler’s previous three Netflix originals — in much the same way that a glass of Manischewitz is a noticeable improvement from drinking one of those ominous puddles that forms in the groove of a New York City subway seat — “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” isn’t the wittiest or most exciting movie that Noah Baumbach has ever made, but it might just be the most humane. Too familiar to stand out from Baumbach’s career, but too funny and textured and true to not be one of its highlights, “The Meyerowitz Stories” harkens back to the more savage and sprawling comedies that Baumbach made before he teamed up with Greta Gerwig (whose ebullient influence is…
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Mostly fantastic but it’s truly insane how much Jean gets shafted
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Adam Sandler’s second best performance just behind Punch-Drunk Love. As good as this movie was I was also frustrated at times because of Adam Sandler. Once again the man proved he can actually act. He’s freaken GREAT in this movie! Yet he’s made so much utter garbage and continues to make utter garbage. WHY!? The first 15-20 minutes of this movie with Adam Sandler and his daughter is probably my favorite 15 minutes of film from this whole year.
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Noah Baumbach’s work is like piano music. It takes two points, whether those points be birth and death, love and hate, New York and LA, and examines the in between. It’s comprised of small moments, small notes, each providing a singular mood that, when put together, combines into a larger, more spastic piece. But there’s precision to that. These notes aren’t thrown together at random, one note always goes hand in hand with the next in a melodic way. It’s a series of different notes played from the same piano, each making it obvious through their sound that they come from the same instrument. It’s why when ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ ends with a piece with strings, you feel the difference. These once singular sounds blend into something grander, something warmer. A newly-found sense of togetherness.
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I think Noah Baumbach has become my favorite screenwriter; his movies capture the complexity and messiness of relationships so effortlessly, be they friendships, marriages, or in this case, parental bonds (or lack thereof). There’s a whole lot of truth in this script and these performances, and the film choked me up on more than one occasion. The first half of the film is basically flawless but the second half loses the snappy, nonstop compelling dialogue in favor of slower, less interesting shenanigans and a really awkwardly edited fight scene. Couldn’t really decide when to end either, but overall, another excellent entry in Baumbach’s amazing repertoire.
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HIS NAME WAS BYRON BUT YOU CALLED HIM MYRON THREE TIMES YOU CALLED HIM MYRON ‘TIL YOU HEARD THE OTHER GUY, SAY IT WITH A ‘B.’
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90 The Meyerowitz Stories or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Baumbach. A relentlessly sad, but hilariously confrontational motion picture. With Baumbach settling down and trading unnecessary wit for harsher stints of complexity, similar trademarks for the director become exponentially rich and moving. It only helps he’s working with his finest ensemble yet; Elizabeth Marvel, Dustin Hoffman, and Adam Sandler are all impeccable players, and their shared history is a complicated one, to say the least. If anything, Baumbach’s distance, and sympathy, in Meyerowitz suggests the filmography of Woody Allen – finally, a supposed ‘copy-cat’ can please *everybody*. It moves in literary terms: sectioned title-cards, specific side-stories, cuts right inside the heat of verbal spars, and an…
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Is Adam Driver in every Noah Baumbach movie ever because I keep waiting to watch a Noah Baumbach movie where Adam Driver does not appear and then Adam Driver just appears every time
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I love how quirky this is, a fun movie to peer into people’s complex life’s.
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-1/2 star for Jean’s lack of screentime
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Adam Sandler and his fckng shorts
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ВОТ КАК НАДО ПИСАТЬ СЕМЕЙНЫЕ ДРАМЫ, ЧТОБЫ ТЕБЯ ЛОМАЛО ИЗНУТРИ ОТТОГО, КАК ЭТО БОЛЬНО, А СО СТОРОНЫ ПОСМОТРЕЛ И СТАЛО ОЧЕНЬ СМЕШНО. Баумбах великий сценарист, этот фильм, только закрепил утверждение у меня в голове, НО, что-то мне не дает покоя, не могу поставить 5 звезд, ни лбшных, ни по ощущениям и это несмотря на то, насколько живой отклик у меня вызвала работа (вернуться к первой части) В чем же проблема? Герои вызывают переживания, все раскрыты в меру возможностей хронометража. Химия…
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Ppeteret 8 月 21, 2026
not sure why they shot the Bard scenes at Sarah Lawrence, kind of a let down
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Every character annoyed me.. yes, even Jean.
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“Sometimes I wish Dad had done one horrible, unforgivable thing… But it isn’t one thing, it’s tiny things every day.” ثاني فلم اتابعه ل ادم ساندلر، الممثل عنده حس درامي لو يبعد عن الكوميديا التافهه بيحسن مسيرته ممثل ممتاز صراحة والكره له بسبب افلامه الرخيصة والي تكرار بشكل .
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oh look it’s my family! oh look it’s all the complicated emotions that come along with that! you guys will never understand what it’s like to be me in this family. let’s go to bard.
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I love movies about the art world!!! Great performances from everyone but I really loved Dustin Hoffman as a weird old dad. Also the scene where he thinks the man at the diner grabbed his coat reminds me of the accidental umbrella snatching in Howards End. I love when Emma Thompson is in great movies!
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Strong 8 Dustin Hoffman is really good at being so insufferable, though I think Jean really should’ve gotten more and I think the ending didn’t finish as strong as it started still really great.
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Je voulait le voir pour l’écriture des dialogues, je n’ai pas été déçu. D’une précision naturelle qui témoigne de tout . Cela parle tout le temps pourtant beaucoup est dans le non-dit tou de même. J’ai l’impression d’avoir vu un film sur ma propre famille, probablement que l’on vit toustes ses mêmes difficultés familiales à notre manière.
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I’m glad you guys feel better. Unfortunately, I’m still fucked up. […] you guys will never understand what it’s like to be me in this family. I’ve just been angry at him for so much of my adult life. I guess I was trying to outrun him.. but I didn’t. I’m still his son. maybe I need to believe my dad was a genius […] if he isn’t a great artist that means he was just a prick. at times, this was a play dressed as a movie and that was amazing.
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uncut gems and punch drunk love’s little brother that unfairly gets looked past too much
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The Meyerowitz Stories Adam Sandler really could have been the next Robin Williams. Too bad his normal slop pays so much. Jean should’ve had two stories instead of just one. You literally have one of the most underrated working actresses right now in Elizabeth Marvel—give her more to work with. Ben Stiller is the standout for me. I’d only ever seen him in comedic roles, so this was an incredible surprise. His character’s resentment and insecurity slowly build throughout the…
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another family dynamics dramedy from baumbach, however some characters are much more appealing than others, tied together it’s not an unpleasant watch, just substandard. i’ll never turn down adam sandler in a more serious role.
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This was a nice family drama. Few good funny parts, would’ve liked more – but Adam Sandler can be so typecast sometimes, so it gets annoying. I came for Dustin Hoffman cuz I hadn’t seen him in awhile and this movie has a really great cast/characters otherwise, fused with great dialogues of just bad communication – each talking over each other about totally different things and no one listening to the other. Such pure and relatable examples of stepparents and…
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Companion piece 1: Listen to the song Uncharted Lands by Jess Ray Companion piece 2: Spend a day with my Grandpa Harvey
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Watching The Meyerwitz Stories had me feeling at a loss and I don’t experience that often with movies. First off, it must be said that the writing, performances, and the visuals of this film are truly top notch. I love how grainy the film looks and the dialogue feels so natural and realistic. Every single actor here clocks in a fantastic performance, so much so that it feels wrong to shout out anyone in particular. That said, I primarily watched this…
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One of three not-awful Sandler movies.
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No movie I can think of has done a better job of showing how certain people can bring out the worst in you. The things we can’t say to the most important people we say to everyone else over and over.
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O personagem de Adam Sandler é muito irritante. Ele parece um adulto retardado que age, fala e anda como uma criança. Agoniante de verdade.
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Meyerowitz Stories and The Royal Tenenbaums bow and tremble at the feet of Still Walking
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this felt like a want-to-be wes anderson / royal tenenbaums. it was good and i like serious adam sandler movies so he was great in this !
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Surprised with how much I loved this. It’s so tender yet so saddening, a beautiful outing by Baumbach that so effectively illustrates the complexities present in the dynamics of a family. All the characters are so specific and distinct from one another, yet they all want the same things – to keep the family united, to become successful, and to gain approval from the other members of the family. Despite meeting these characters well into their adulthood, we are given…
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باحس ان دي الصورة التقليدية للعائلة الأمريكية يعني لو جيت سألتني باتخيل الأمريكان عايشين ازاي كأسرة واحدة حاقولك ان كل واحد عايش لوحده من وهو كاسر ال19 سنة مفيش عيلة … بيشوفوا بعض في المناسبات بس … وحتى مش ساكنين في شارع واحد يعني هما كل واحد في ولاية وممكن يتجوز ويطلق وأهله مش عارفين الفيلم ما بعدش كتير عن الصورة المرسومة في ذهني دي … ومعمولة حلو يعني وتفاصيل الشخصيات مكتوبة كويس داستن هوفمان مبهر … أنا مقدّر ان…
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The secret third Adam Sandler serious role nobody talks about but is significantly better than Uncut Gems…
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trelawney if she was a muggle
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Llizardpt1 8 月 18, 2026
Watched it in the afternoon at the studio
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ia reclamar do adam sandler ter vários filmes com o ben stiller, mas eu gostei dele nesse
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me proyecte
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Never thought I’d see “No dad… this is YOUR dream, not mine.” applied to an artist dad
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I got to be so honest this is a nice family story but Adam and Ben could not act to save their life towards the end in those sad scenes. Sorry Sandman. Also shoutout Baba Louies
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everyone’s having three different conversations simultaneously, and every possibly participant of each conversation is two replies out of sync until they aren’t, which is when they start fighting
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Made me appreciate more my dad
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Cuantos judíos hace falta para llevar al padre al medico
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the awkwardness, the parental anger, the writing, and Eliza’s awesome short films, all summed up wonderfully by my dear noah baumbach
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Dustin Hoffman bien mélangé est hilarant et divertissant
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Another gem for the chronically underrated Stiller, Sandler, and Baumbach. Hoffman slaying as always.
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Noah Baumbach themes . Sad white hipsters . New York . Parental issues . Adam driver
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It was really boring and mundane, but after the Marriage Story, I realised, that this director takes happenings and stories from people’s every day life and just shows them the way they are, which is nice actually. I liked Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffmann in this movie
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HHyef 8 月 16, 2026
J’ai un doute, l’ai-je vu ?
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A firm believer of Drama Sandler instead of Comedy Sandler thanks to this movie
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Noah Baumbach did to dialogue for dramas what Smiling Friends did to dialogue for comedies
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the absurdity of family dynamics with deadpan comedy. great artists are indeed greater pricks if not geniuses
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coziest film to rewatch. always loved everything about it but the Nerdwriter youtube video explains it so well. also the crisp film grain is so good
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You can’t give me a movie with 3 siblings, a dying family member, and family drama and expect me NOT to give it 5 stars (even if half of it is for relatability)
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OOliver 8 月 16, 2026
Great performances across the board.
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I love you. I forgive you. Forgive me. Thank you. Goodbye.
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Noah Baumbach made a film about a deeply frustrating father, three children carrying wounds they never asked for, and the messy complicated truth that you can love someone completely and resent them completely at the exact same time. And somehow it is one of the funniest films he has ever made. That tension — between laughter and pain — is exactly what makes The Meyerowitz Stories feel so startlingly real. Harold Meyerowitz is one of cinema’s great frustrating fathers. A…
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a ton of missed opportunity here. but not bad. idrk what to rate these films from writers like baumbach because i find wry screenplays like this to be rather disrespectful personally. two sides of me are fighting. one is in love with films about a family reuniting in this type of setting. and the other can’t get over the petulant bullshit from sandler’s character or silly fight scenes that all of this well-done drama is supposed to culminate in
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Over the past year It seems I’ve become a big Noah bombauch fan!. Noah and Wes Anderson have worked together a few times and this kinda reminded me of the royal tenenbaums so maybe he took some inspiration there. This movie is very good I liked it a lot and it has it’s distinct Noah bombauch style which I love.
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i admit i like sandler
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Relatable in a million ways, way funnier and charming then I could’ve imagined probably because of these ridiculously stacked cast.
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Noah Baumbach might be a genius, he’s my favourite screenwriter by far. His ability to communicate the complexity and chaos and rawness of family relationships is honestly unrivaled. There’s another version of this movie not written by him that would have been bland, if not cheesy.
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Es mi protesta, como McEnroe
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Schrullige Figuren, die sich pausenlos in chaotisch überlagernden Dialogen über Familie, Vergangenheit, ja Gott und die Welt unterhalten, wobei aber kaum konkrete Handlung passiert: typisches amerikanisches Independent-Dramedy-Kino, und typisch Noah Baumbach. In schönen, warmen und organischen Bildern New Yorks erzählt sein 2017er The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) eigentlich nur von der Familie Meyerowitz – Vater Dustin Hoffman, die Kinder Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller und Elizabeth Marvel, Sandlers Tochter Grace Van Patten und die skurrile Alt-Hippie Mutter Emma Thompson –,…
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Exactly what you’d expect from an Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller joint film
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Love the dysfunctionals
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bu kadar ovulecek bi durum yok
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Why do i find myself relating to every character that ben stiller plays i like this movie and i hate my dad!!! That’s all I really don’t know how to describe the feeling this movie gave me but it was weirdly relatable مره كان غريب شعور الفلم حسيته حياتي بس بشكل مقلوب ؟ او معكوس و شخصية بين ستيلر كان فيها صفات قدرت احس فيها الفرق الوحيد ان هو باقي يساعد ابوه ويحبه حتى لو انه كان خراBut that’s not…
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LLegolas14 8 月 13, 2026
Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller need to play more serious roles more often! (I swear this movie had a few punch-drunk love references)
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Non il classico film di Sandler, ma molto più introspettivo. È comunque valido.
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How can i make this about me the movie
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This is both my life and what I want my life to be like
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Mmikey 8 月 13, 2026
like the royal tenenbaums but much, much sadder
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Maybe i need to believe my dad was a genius because I don’t want his life to be worthless. And… If he isn’t a great artist, that means he was just a prick.
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10/10 la chamarrota y las camisas d Adam Sandler
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i love you forgive me i forgive you thank you goodbye
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complicated family dynamics >>>>
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adam sandler yelling in noah baumbach movies may be my niche
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all the charm and poignancy of the royal tenenbaums combined with all the wicked unpleasantness of the squid and the whale. it’s been a hot minute since i first watched this, but after almost two years and nearly all of his filmography done it still remains my second favourite of baumbach’s work (not a close second, by any means. we all know who’s up at the top!). i think i’m just particularly fond of stories focused on the children of…
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the only scene I fully felt was when Adam Sandler whispered I forgive you, forgive me but otherwise the film felt incredibly long without a satisfying ending
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This movie is so complex yet so simple .
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This is my kinda movie. When I say I want to watch a movie this is what I want to watch. Noah Baumbach if you’re looking for an actor to play the daughter in your next Jewish family drama hmu
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“I could smash every car in this parking lot and burn the hospital down and it wouldn’t un-fuck me up. You guys will never understand what it’s like to be me in this family.” Noah Baumbach’s writing truly is something special.
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The way Noah baumbach achieves pure flow state / super saiyan 3 any time he writes about a bum ass father 😂😂 Between this and “the squid and the whale” I gotta believe Noah Baumbach pops is somewhere between livia soprano and Thanos on the parental piece of shit spectrum Ppl in the comments saying this is actually where Adam sandlers renaissance began, stay woke
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awesome
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talk to daaaa doc
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Saw Ben Stiller, Adam Driver, and Adam Sandler so I pressed play. Driver was only in it for about 2 seconds, but the other two were pretty good. Had some funny scenes. Some relatable family scenes as well. Lunch one was the best one, and the Sigourney Weaver bit was stupid but made me laugh. “If he wasn’t a great artist, then he was just a prick”
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the dad has a funny run
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Sentimental Value but not as good? Great performances throughout, and still very enjoyable!
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Rrudh 8 月 10, 2026
a movie I’ve watched thrice now, I never do that. really good.
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Hay algo de esta película que siempre me hace regresar a verla. Me encanta la forma en que representa las conversaciones entre una familia, cómo se llegan a interrumpir a veces y tienen varias temas al mismo tiempo.
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Charmant und unterhaltsam, durchaus auch berührend – allerdings hab ich während des Guckens festgestellt, dass ich den Film vor nicht allzu langer Zeit bereits gesehen habe – und ich sag mal, viel hängen geblieben ist davon nicht 😬
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Want to give this such high rating for its portrayal of dysfunctional family relationships despite it feeling illegal to rate an Adam Sandler film this high
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Throughly enjoyed
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once again I am jump scared by an Adam Driver appearance. the best scene is easily the lunch meal between Matthew and Harold: an in sync chaotic overlapping conversation that leads no where, they still have an underlying and problematic father-son relationship. Baumbach is amazing at showing the mental and emotional space between his characters that reflects what I see in everyday life.
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I feel like this was in general pretty average with some brief shining moments. I thought the performances were great but there was something in the plot missing for me I think
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“I wish dad had done one horrible, unforgivable thing, something specific I could be angry about. But it isn’t one thing. It’s tiny things every day. It’s drip, drip, drip.” The Meyerowitz Stories is literary, artistic, comedic, and upsetting. Noah Baumbach does an incredible job giving space to each character’s stories and the dialogue style is magnetic. Fast-paced, witty, and reflective of a dysfunctional, noisy family. You can definitely tell he wrote the script with Hoffman, Stiller, and Sandler in…
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The first fifteen to twenty minutes with Sandler and his daughter is perfect filmmaking. There’s something about Sandler in a serious role that I find so compelling every time. Not just because of how skilled he actually is but because of how naturally funny he is. He can play a deeply tragic character and still make me laugh without it ever feeling like a contradiction. A rare thing that this film uses it perfectly.
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Uma família disfuncional, com três meio irmãos com daddy issues que buscam atenção dele toda vez que estão por perto, e isso reflete na forma que tratam os outros e os próprios filhos. Um ótimo drama abordado de forma profunda. Não acho que as piadas sexuais se encaixaram muito bem no filme e na forma como ele foi construído. Esse filme consegue ser bom e ruim ao mesmo tempo, por isso minha opinião sobre ele fica no meio termo.
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After watching this, I guess Baumbach’s cinema is just not for me, at least on an overall level. This was genuinely boring and the story was pretty pointless. Such a pity because the cast was giving but I guess it was just wasted for nothing.
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“It was like walking barefoot through broken glass to get a milkshake. I loved the milkshake, but my feet were bleeding.” That single line encapsulates what it means to love a difficult parent. The Meyerowitz Stories is a masterclass in how family wounds linger forever—showing that even under the same roof, every child is raised by a different version of the same father. There’s nothing quite like impending death to force an estranged family back together to reflect on their shared wounds. Who knew that Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller handle that delicate balance of heartbreak and comedy with absolute perfection.
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Estou com um sentimento estranho em relação a este filme. Ao terminar, achei tudo meio morno, talvez por não ter me cativado tanto nem pelo drama, nem pela comédia. Depois de digerir mais o filme e ler algumas outras reviews, fiquei me perguntando por que ele não me provocou da mesma forma que provocou outras pessoas. Talvez a resposta esteja justamente na dinâmica dos personagens. Em vários momentos, eu pensava: “Como essa dinâmica é realista”. Mas talvez ela fosse realista…
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Habe nach ca 15 min gemerkt, dass ich den Film schon mal gesehen hatte. Das ist ja eigentlich nicht das beste Zeichen. Allerdings hat er mir dieses Mal doch recht gut gefallen. Dustin Hoffman als Harold Meyerowitz ist wirklich eine kolossale Nervensäge. Und ich würde soweit gehen zu behaupten, dass es eine der besten Performances von Ben Stiller ist.
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I love you Noah baumbach
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I don’t know why, but I’ve kinda avoided this one. I don’t think I realized it was Baumbach! I think I thought it was Netflix slop (sorry, I guess). But I really loved this! I was laughing a lot more than maybe I was supposed to. It’s incredibly sweet & funny & a good little family dramedy. I will say… v weird choice to make Adam Sandler, like 4+ years older than Ben Stiller. It’s a literal plot-point & brought up a bunch…
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Velmi žido
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Mastery of dialogue tbh
- Synopsis
- An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
- Director
- Noah Baumbach
- Writer
- Noah Baumbach
- Studio
- IAC Films
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English, French
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 112 mins
- France21 May 2017
- Brazil13 Oct 2017
- USA13 Oct 2017
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