Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Naomi Watts | ... | Cornelia | |
Ben Stiller | ... | Josh | |
Maria Dizzia | ... | Marina | |
Adam Horovitz | ... | Fletcher | |
Matthew Maher | ... | Tim (as Matt Maher) | |
Peter Yarrow | ... | Ira Mandelstam | |
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Bonnie Kaufman | ... | Ira's Wife |
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Hector Otero | ... | Frank |
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Deborah Eisenberg | ... | New School Woman |
Adam Driver | ... | Jamie | |
Amanda Seyfried | ... | Darby | |
Dree Hemingway | ... | Tipper | |
Matthew Shear | ... | Benny | |
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Annie Baker | ... | Elise |
Quincy Tyler Bernstine | ... | Pepper |
Josh Srebnick is 44. He is married to Cornelia, 43, the daughter of Leslie Breitbart, a respected documentary filmmaker. The couple lives comfortably in New York Village and gives the image of happiness. But things are not so rosy as they look: on a personal level, their relationships have been cooling down while they suffer from not having children. On a professional plane, things have deteriorated as well. Josh, who is also a documentary filmmaker like his father-in-law, has lost inspiration: he has been grappling with his last movie for eight years now without being able to complete it. To be true, Josh goes nowhere and his marriage is on the rocks. Things start changing when Josh and Cornelia meet another married pair: Jamie and Darby, a generation younger, express their admiration for Josh (Jamie wishing to become a documentary filmmaker himself). Plus, they are much cooler, smarter and more uninhibited than the two forty-odds. Could they help Josh and Cornelia to revive their ... Written by Guy Bellinger
5/10 might not seem like a good rating, but it's a strong 5. This movie is definitely worth seeing, but only if you're okay with mild disappointments and outdated "we can't be happy without having kids" Disney-like thinking.
Movie does indeed have a good start - Ben Stiller & Naomi Watts play their roles well and make lots of good points of how we can sometimes be unhappy with our past decisions and our lives. Movie also captures well how people change when they grow up; one ends up having kids, another focuses on his/her career or other things.
Sadly "While We're Young" doesn't grasp all that there could've been. The ending leaves you kinda sad/disappointed/with mixed feelings. To put it plainly; it doesn't deliver.