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2019
Unrated
IFC Midnight
1 h 35 m

2019
Unrated
IFC Midnight
1 h 35 m

Summary In a day-glo-colored, bizarro version of suburbia where adults wear braces on their already-straight teeth, everyone drives golf carts, and children magically turn into golden retrievers, soccer moms and best friends Jill (Jocelyn DeBoer) and Lisa (Dawn Luebbe) are locked in a passive aggressive battle-of-the-wills that takes a turn into...

Comedy

Directed By: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe

Written By: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe

2019
Unrated
IFC Midnight
1 h 35 m

2019
Unrated
IFC Midnight
1 h 35 m

Greener Grass

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

69

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

5.3

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Summary In a day-glo-colored, bizarro version of suburbia where adults wear braces on their already-straight teeth, everyone drives golf carts, and children magically turn into golden retrievers, soccer moms and best friends Jill (Jocelyn DeBoer) and Lisa (Dawn Luebbe) are locked in a passive aggressive battle-of-the-wills that takes a turn into...

Comedy

Directed By: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe

Written By: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

81% Positive
13 Reviews

13% Mixed
2 Reviews

6% Negative
1 Review

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

81% Positive
13 Reviews

13% Mixed
2 Reviews

6% Negative
1 Review

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
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Negative Reviews

Sep 29, 2019

Greener Grass is over-the-top hilarity. It’s grounded. It’s smart. It’s downright disgusting.

By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW

Oct 15, 2019

DeBoer and Luebbe have further expanded their nutty vision of suburban ennui and the painful consequences of keeping up with the status quo into an unsettling and amusing send-up of human behavior.

By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

44% Positive
4 Ratings

22% Mixed
2 Ratings

33% Negative
3 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

44% Positive
4 Ratings

22% Mixed
2 Ratings

33% Negative
3 Ratings

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The Hollywood Reporter

Sep 29, 2019

The cast commit enthusiastically to the material, walking that fine line between comic exaggeration and an almost earnest dramatic sincerity.

By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW

Oct 16, 2019

Counterbalancing a tongue-in-cheek treatise condemning the shallow obliviousness of the upper-middle class with niche comedic thrills, Greener Grass earns its reputation as a delightfully nauseating charmer that should be regarded as a salvia-covered tour de force for years to come.

By Jonathan Christian FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Oct 17, 2019

Greener Grass is a movie that’s not only immediately destined for cult status — it’s the rare movie that truly earns it.

By Geoff Berkshire FULL REVIEW

Oct 17, 2019

The movie’s biggest asset is DeBoer, who plays sweetly dim soccer mom Jill with a commitment that’s alternately terrifying and heartbreaking.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Oct 17, 2019

A deadpan take on suburban hell — I hesitate to call it a comedy, black or otherwise — the movie takes competitiveness to such excruciatingly surreal lengths that every would-be joke feels agonizingly strained.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Gulp Splash Productions, Vanishing Angle

Release Date Oct 18, 2019

Duration 1 h 35 m

Rating Unrated

Genres

Comedy

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Awards

Atlanta Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Cleveland International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Florida Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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