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Lemon

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
2.8K
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Nia Long, Shiri Appleby, Michael Cera, Judy Greer, Brett Gelman, and Gillian Jacobs in Lemon (2017)
Isaac Lachmann had big dreams. Now he just watches as life unravels.
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A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.

  • Director
    • Janicza Bravo
  • Writers
    • Janicza Bravo
    • Brett Gelman
  • Stars
    • Inger Tudor
    • Brett Gelman
    • Judy Greer
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    2.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Janicza Bravo
    • Writers
      • Janicza Bravo
      • Brett Gelman
    • Stars
      • Inger Tudor
      • Brett Gelman
      • Judy Greer
    • 40User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 8 nominations total

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    Inger Tudor
    Inger Tudor
    • African Woman
    Brett Gelman
    Brett Gelman
    • Isaac
    Judy Greer
    Judy Greer
    • Ramona
    Michael Cera
    Michael Cera
    • Alex
    Gillian Jacobs
    Gillian Jacobs
    • Tracy
    Jeff Garlin
    Jeff Garlin
    • Guy Roach
    Kayla Harrity
    Kayla Harrity
    • Susan
    Shiri Appleby
    Shiri Appleby
    • Ruthie
    Megan Mullally
    Megan Mullally
    • Simone
    Robin McDonald
    Robin McDonald
    • Client
    Nia Long
    Nia Long
    • Cleo
    Jon Daly
    Jon Daly
    • Toby
    Hank Chen
    Hank Chen
    • Lee
    Rhea Perlman
    Rhea Perlman
    • Esther
    Fred Melamed
    Fred Melamed
    • Howard
    Elizabeth De Razzo
    Elizabeth De Razzo
    • Rosa
    Blake Anthony Crawford
    Blake Anthony Crawford
    • Henry
    • (as Blake Crawford)
    Martin Starr
    Martin Starr
    • Adam
    • Director
      • Janicza Bravo
    • Writers
      • Janicza Bravo
      • Brett Gelman
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    User reviews40

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    8epochalz

    Painfully awkward but good

    This had a point and nailed it. Nothing but dry completely over the top, 'those' people you may know in a less than functional, paint eating, middle and faux-upper 'modern/arty' society. Oy vey, hurts but no regrets.
    7asastewart

    Oddball movie that won't be for everyone

    It's difficult to rate this movie as for me I'd give an 8 as I was really amused throughout. A score for a wider audience would be much lower as it's quite a divisive film. I think the film is trying to make fun of the pretentiousness and self- absorbed nature of the characters, and one of the ways is by filming in an arch, avante garde manner. The style reminded me a lot of Yorgos Lanthimos in the way characters dispassionately speak past each other and the rather surreal nature of a lot of scenes. Most of the characters aren't particularly likable or relatable but that's good in my opinion. Why should a character in a movie be relatable to my life?, and it's the bad or unlikable characters that are the most interesting in a film. That's not to say the characters are bad, just rather solipsistic.
    1jtv-49952

    Tries very hard to be something it never will be

    This is the only movie that I have ever taken the time to write a review for on IMDb, and my sole motivation is the hope that someone will see this and save themselves the 85 masochistic minutes that I just put myself through. This is one of those movies that you want to turn off from the moment you start but you just keep watching in the hopes that it will get better, and the next thing you know it's an hour in, the movie is still terrible, and screw it - you might as well finish it at this point because the prescription opiates haven't worn off yet.

    My girlfriend roped me into this debacle with a trailer that promised a mix between Juno and Wes Anderson, but what I got instead was A Serious Man after it had been eaten by a 400 pound trucker named Larry, poorly digested, and ultimately deposited into a toilet bowl at a rest stop. This movie is so bad that I actually felt it was below Michael Cera to take this role. Michael Cera is too good of an actor to be in this movie. Let that sink in.

    This "film" feels exactly like what it is - a poorly executed imitation of some of the great indie films of our time, written by a man and a woman who likely knew that no one in their right mind would make this thing so they had to make it themselves. It has all awkwardness and low-budget characteristics of Napoleon Dynamite but with none of the charm, and its attempts at humor are so forced that I'm not sure an entire bottle of Dulcolax could have moved things along.

    We as a society love a good bit of cringe in our films, since art often imitates life. If you like a good cringe every now and then, you might look forward to the scene in which the protagonist (whatever his forgettable character name was) attempts to kiss his (also forgettably named) male co-star. On the surface, this scene should have made my skin crawl, but instead my skin was crawling as I thought about the fact that someone actually invested time and money to put this lightly-polished piece of garbage into the annals of film history and expect people to revere it as art. If this is art then the scab I tore off my leg while watching YouTube earlier today is a Van Gogh.

    I could further analyze on a scene-by-scene basis, but frankly I am close to nausea already as I rehash just exactly how angry it made me to sit and watch attempt after attempt to be a quirky indie movie fall shorter than Tyrion Lannister.

    I would rather lobotomize myself with a chopstick than watch this movie again.
    7abvinson-99658

    Stay with it.

    I watched it tonight. Glad I stayed with it. Enjoyed the characters, cast and soundtrack and it's not your high dollar Hollywood film.

    My only criticisms are the slow pace and not a lot of character back story. But, hey, I know what I like.
    8AmericanKestrel

    Dark, Yet Witty Movie About A Very Irritating Man Trying Very Hard to Overcome His Flaws

    I know this movie isn't for everyone, but it appears that many negative reviews are the result of people not being able to empathize and have compassion for the main character, rather than being focused on any specific qualities of the movie. While it is understandable that you might have a negative reaction to this dark, witty portrait of a very troubled man, it is a shame that so many will be turned off by the generalizations and surface complaints in many of the negative reviews and never have a chance to experience something different. And Lemon is different.

    This is a movie about Isaac, played perfectly by Brett Gelman, who compulsively turns off everyone around him. He is obnoxious. He is self-centered. He has no "people" skills. Yet, he is trying. And that is the thread that ties the movie together. We witness a never-ending series of Isaac's attempts to connect with his girlfriend, who dumps him, and with the people he teaches in his theater class, and with a commercial director hilariously played in a cameo by Megan Mullally, and with a new love interest. There are excruciating scenes demonstrating Isaac's awkwardness in every situation, but the actor and the director, Janicza Bravo particularly mine the differences (real and imagined) between Isaac's eccentric white, Jewish family and his new love interest's African American family for some dry humor.

    Throughout the movie, while it is exasperating at times to see Isaac ruin his relationships with his dysfunctional and at times even hostile behavior toward others, Gelman admirably gives Isaac a crucial likability, nonetheless, that keeps us hoping he will succeed at something, and with someone, and gives Isaac the humanity that gives some of us the empathy to understand that he is not evil - he's just a mess, emotionally and physically. This is a rare movie experience, albeit an often uncomfortable one. However, it is a real achievement that there is a lot of dark humor to smile about, and a lot of creative, realistic dialog that propels the story and makes us know and understand Isaac and the other characters enough to care about them. It was a pleasure to see this movie, and I hope there is a lot more to come from Bravo and Gelman, who are married in real life.

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    • Trivia
      Writer/director Janicza Bravo and writer/actor Brett Gelman were married in real life. When the movie premiered, their families - that are portrayed as quite dysfunctional in the movie - hadn't seen the film yet. They separated in 2018.
    • Connections
      Featured in Half in the Bag: Quarantine Catch-up (part 3 of 2) (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      A Million Matzoh Balls
      Written by Dean Friedman

      Courtesy of Dean Friedman

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    • Release date
      • August 18, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Лимон
    • Production companies
      • Burn Later Productions
      • Cryk Productions
      • Killer Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $29,258
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,957
      • Aug 20, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,258
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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