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3.7 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 7 out of 10

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  1. PeterK.
    Apr 26, 2008
    0
    I thought Paris Hilton could not make movies until I saw this waste of time - now she seems like an Academy Award winner. Plotless, pointless and banal - and hand-held filming to boot - Hannah Takes the Stairs is Cloverfield without the monster. Watch the trailer and save your time.
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  2. ShiT.
    Oct 5, 2007
    10
    We got ourselves some angry reviewers. We put our emotions about drugs, laziness and strangely enough being white get in the way of our review! I bet they are both the same person! No one ever agrees on the internet.
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  3. JoeJ.
    Aug 24, 2007
    0
    This film is awful and entirely unrepresentative of our generation, unless of course we are all white, wealthy and unmotivated.
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  4. WalterB
    Sep 26, 2007
    1
    Joe's review says it all. It takes seven writers to write something this bland and disgustingly white? Go back to your bongs and give the camera back to Bujalski. At least he writes his garbage alone.
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  5. JayH.
    Feb 7, 2008
    3
    Very low budget independent film, I suppose there is supposed to be some deep significance to the movie, but I was too bored to care about what that might be. It seemed like a home movie to me, and not an interesting one at that.
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Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. Reviewed by: Don R. Lewis
    80
    What really elevates Hannah Takes the Stairs is the truly outstanding performance by Greta Gerwig.
  2. 60
    The film's intimacy never feels fake, it's sporadically and unpredictably funny (I didn't exactly enjoy the cacophonous trumpet duet of the "1812 Overture," but I won't soon forget it), and the nonprofessional cast is surprisingly good.
  3. Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    30
    Has the unmistakable look and feel of a micro-budget indie produced for a small circle of friends, many of whom are listed in the credits.