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2014
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 33 m

2014
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 33 m

Summary At 29, the most long-term relationship Sasha (Leighton Meester) and Paige (Gillian Jacobs) have ever been in is with each other, using their co-dependent friendship as an excuse not to venture out into the dating world alone. But when Paige meets nerdy Tim (Adam Brody) and starts to get serious for the first time, the nature of their fri...

Directed By: Susanna Fogel

Written By: Joni Lefkowitz, Susanna Fogel

2014
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 33 m

2014
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 33 m

Life Partners

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews

57

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 15 User Ratings

5.7

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Summary At 29, the most long-term relationship Sasha (Leighton Meester) and Paige (Gillian Jacobs) have ever been in is with each other, using their co-dependent friendship as an excuse not to venture out into the dating world alone. But when Paige meets nerdy Tim (Adam Brody) and starts to get serious for the first time, the nature of their fri...

Directed By: Susanna Fogel

Written By: Joni Lefkowitz, Susanna Fogel

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
9 Reviews

27% Mixed
4 Reviews

13% Negative
2 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
9 Reviews

27% Mixed
4 Reviews

13% Negative
2 Reviews

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Dec 3, 2014

If this all sounds more than a little familiar, it’s probably because similar material about young-ish women growing up and maybe apart has been staged recently and on a variety of scales, from the scrappy intimacy of "Frances Ha" to the broader comedy of "Bridesmaids." Life Partners isn’t as ebullient as the former or laugh-out-loud funny as the latter, but it maintains a sharp specificity about both of its lead characters’ lives.

By Jesse Hassenger FULL REVIEW

Dec 4, 2014

Partners is exceedingly well-cast and well-acted, bringing a lightly satirical and witty script to life. Meester and Jacobs have a disarming chemistry, and their conversation is filled with a comfortable shorthand.

By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 15 User Ratings

40% Positive
6 Ratings

40% Mixed
6 Ratings

20% Negative
3 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 15 User Ratings

40% Positive
6 Ratings

40% Mixed
6 Ratings

20% Negative
3 Ratings

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The Hollywood Reporter

Dec 3, 2014

Life Partners boasts a sweetly relaxed vibe that makes it go down easily thanks to the witty screenplay by Fogel and Joni Lefkowitz and the highly appealing performances by Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) and Gillian Jacobs (Community).

By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

Oct 9, 2014

The movie belongs to thesps Jacobs and Meester. Jacobs fully inhabits her less-than-completely-sympathetic role with warmth and just the right touch of unconscious entitlement, while Meester luminously expands the film’s affective core.

By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

Dec 3, 2014

Sweet but unambitious comedy.

Dec 2, 2014

A waxen falseness suffuses the stilted, stubbornly generic picture, from the casting to the humor to the lesbian-friendly milieu. Like the fast-food mozzarella sticks one of the characters devours in moments of existential woe, it feels like a calculated imitation rather than the real thing.

By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW

Oct 9, 2014

It's the sort of film where music montages are used like wallpaper to take narrative shortcuts and minimize messy conflict.

By Gabe Toro FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Haven Entertainment, Minerva Productions, Red Crown Productions, Sandia Media

Release Date Dec 5, 2014

Duration 1 h 33 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline One guy can ruin the perfect relationship.

Website https://www.facebook.com/LifePartnersFilm

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Awards

Key West Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

GLAAD Media Awards

• 1 Nomination

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