Are You Here

Name: Are You Here
Genre: Comedy
Released: August 22, 2014
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Amy Poehler, Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis

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Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: August 22, 2014 | R

Starring: Amy Poehler, Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis

Summary: When his off-the-grid best buddy Ben Baker (Zach Galifianakis) inherits his estranged father’s fortune, womanizing local weatherman Steve Dallas (Owen Wilson) joins forces with him to battle the legal challenge brought by Ben’s formidable sister (Amy Poehler). [Millennium Entertainment]

Director: Matthew Weiner

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 114 min

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Richard Roeper

Aug 21, 2014

Every once in a while Are You Here strikes comedic gold. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Aug 21, 2014

The problem with all of this is that Are You Here is less than two hours long and, to effectively explore issues and themes of this magnitude would require at least a full season of a TV series. So we're left with half-developed characters and quickly sketched relationships. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Aug 21, 2014

Are You Here proves a gently immersive, ingratiating, often witty character comedy with a pair of comfortably effective lead performances. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Sep 16, 2013

One dead giveaway that the comedy isn’t working is the film’s score, which overcompensates throughout by attempting to bolster every second with bouncy energy. Read full review

Steven Rea

Aug 22, 2014

If Matthew Weiner's Are You Here is good for anything, it's to illustrate how the themes and conflicts he has worked out with such depth and dexterity in all these seasons of "Mad Men" can go terribly amiss with the wrong actors, wrong backdrop, wrong tone, wrong time. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Aug 21, 2014

The two main characters in Are You Here spend much of their time stoned or weeping. Those who watch this dreadful film may seek to escape or sink into despair as well. Read full review

Tomas Hachard

Aug 17, 2014

The female characters on Mad Men are probably the show's strongest asset, but here they're hollow to the point of insult. Read full review

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LeZee

Feb 4, 2018

Family nor friendship, only wealth talks!

It was something different, if you are fed up with the same old, the same old storylines keep repeating in all the Hollywood films. That made me keep watching it. Never was boring, but definitely should have been better in the overall story section.Family nor friendship, only wealth talks!

It was something different, if you are fed up with the same old, the same old storylines keep repeating in all the Hollywood films. That made me keep watching it. Never was boring, but definitely should have been better in the overall story section. Because it looks more a cinematic than the real. Especially Owen Wilson character. Only fools let him near them as whatever happened in the film. But that's quite perfected since Zach's role was close to one.

This is about two friends, one works in a new channel and the other one a hippie. When one of their rich father dies, they return to the hometown, that's going to change their fortune forever. But within siblings, a conflict arises and in the following events told how everything unfolds. I liked the cast. It was a wonderful combination. It was a comedy, though not a hard hitting one, neither a message film. Just a timepass film. For once watching, it is not a bad at all.

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ryu9376

May 26, 2019

I don't understand such a low rating, I actually found the film quite enjoyable. And it was surprising to see Wilson, Poehler & Galifianakas in serious roles... just not normally accustomed to that. It was quite refreshing.

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3ebfan511

Jul 7, 2015

Slow moving comedy, gets better as it goes along. Its not as bad as some critics make it out to be, but it certainly is not a particularly strong comedy, or drama. For the amount of comedic actors it has it doesn't generate that many laughs early on, but, there were enough to make me laughSlow moving comedy, gets better as it goes along. Its not as bad as some critics make it out to be, but it certainly is not a particularly strong comedy, or drama. For the amount of comedic actors it has it doesn't generate that many laughs early on, but, there were enough to make me laugh occasionally and keep me watching, and the 2nd half got stronger with the story and plot, with some humor as well, and some interesting points to think about. An OK comedy-drama worth seeing if you like any of the leads and have some patience. It has some value as a film you have to get to the 2nd half to kind of find it. Comedically some laughs from Owen and Zach, but not a hilarious comedy by any means.… Expand

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smiyamot

Oct 21, 2016

I wasn't sure if this was a comedy or a drama. It was as if comics wanted to play serious roles and they all got together and made a movie. Not much to the story line, the movie didn't go very deep into the characters lives, just light entertainment.

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