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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary Hannah, a recent college graduate, spends a brutally hot Chicago summer falling in and out of love. As she struggles to find personal and professional fulfillment through various relationships with friends and coworkers, she risks leaving destruction in her wake. Working collaboratively with his cast, which features several prominent ind...

Directed By: Joe Swanberg

Written By: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Ry Russo-Young, Mark Duplass, Todd Rohal, Kevin Bewersdorf, Tipper Newton, Kris Rey, Joe Swanberg

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 23 m

Hannah Takes the Stairs

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings
5.7
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Summary Hannah, a recent college graduate, spends a brutally hot Chicago summer falling in and out of love. As she struggles to find personal and professional fulfillment through various relationships with friends and coworkers, she risks leaving destruction in her wake. Working collaboratively with his cast, which features several prominent ind...

Directed By: Joe Swanberg

Written By: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Ry Russo-Young, Mark Duplass, Todd Rohal, Kevin Bewersdorf, Tipper Newton, Kris Rey, Joe Swanberg

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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20% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
63
67% Positive
10 Reviews
20% Mixed
3 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews

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80
What really elevates Hannah Takes the Stairs is the truly outstanding performance by Greta Gerwig.
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75
Intimacy is graphically portrayed, down to recurring moments in a bathtub, including a memorable duet trumpet rendition of “The 1812 Overture.” Chop off a star if you’re not up for highly experimental cinema.
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75
Doesn't rise to the level of Bujalski's breakthrough feature "Mutual Appreciation," mainly because Swanberg doesn't have Bujalski's eye.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
There's something to be said for cinema this perversely naturalistic.
By Carina Chocano FULL REVIEW
67
What defines the slacker-geek twentysomething men and women who wander through Joe Swanberg's too-hip-to-be-romantic comedy Hannah Takes the Stairsis that they treat their libidos as minor accessories -- only to stammer through every casual conversation as if they were on a first Internet date.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Less notable for its story than for what the movie itself represents: an evolutionary entry in the so-called Do It Yourself (or D.I.Y.) independent film movement.
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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.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW

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5.7
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4 Ratings
42% Mixed
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42% Mixed
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25% Negative
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Production Company Film Science
Release Date Aug 22, 2007
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.hannahtakesthestairs.com/
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