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  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Still reeling from his recent breakup, Adam (Justin Long) is devastated when he learns that his ex (Cobie Smulders) is engaged. What’s worse is he's invited to the wedding. When Adam returns home for the festivities, he must confront his unresolved feelings and an uncertain future in hopes of convincing himself and everyone else that he ...

Directed By: Ryan Eggold

Written By: Ryan Eggold

  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 42 m

Literally, Right Before Aaron

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Still reeling from his recent breakup, Adam (Justin Long) is devastated when he learns that his ex (Cobie Smulders) is engaged. What’s worse is he's invited to the wedding. When Adam returns home for the festivities, he must confront his unresolved feelings and an uncertain future in hopes of convincing himself and everyone else that he ...

Directed By: Ryan Eggold

Written By: Ryan Eggold

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63
Sep 23, 2017
If the movie finds its pathos and laughs around the edges, Literally, Right Before Aaron finds its easy if limited appeal outside the Hollywood mainstream, where “Home Again” is somebody’s idea of what a romantic comedy should be these days.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 28, 2017
Characters make a lot of absurdly dumb decisions in this movie.
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It’s hard to imagine Literally, Right Before Aaron existing without The Graduate as a template. Ryan Eggold’s lame-brained paint-by-numbers romantic comedy relies a little too heavy on functioning as homage to the Mike Nichols classic.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 28, 2017
The film ends with a riff on the final moments of The Graduate, a frustrating suggestion of a much better work.
By Abbey Bender FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 28, 2017
The audience will likely spend most of the film squirming and grimacing in recognition at Aaron’s awfulness — especially when the film rewards him with an ending that is far kinder than the character deserves.
By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW
20
Sep 28, 2017
Agonizingly stupid and painfully illogical.
By Randy Cordova FULL REVIEW
0
Sep 29, 2017
It’s painful to watch. Not because no one cares about Adam’s heartache. But because the movie is boring, trite, sexist tripe that wants to make the viewer empathize with a guy who’s actually pretty aggressive in his pursuit of loserdom.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Indy Entertainment, Rizk Pictures, Unison Films
Release Date Sep 29, 2017
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating TV-14
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Tagline Her wedding. His funeral.
Website http://rightbeforeaaron.com/
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