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Summary Terry Goon is keeping strict quarantine in his ex-husband’s Brooklyn brownstone while caring for his nephew — a 19-year-old model from Morocco named Bahlul — bedridden in a full leg cast after an electric scooter accident. Unfortunately for Terry, everyone in his life wants to meet the model.

Directed By: Theda Hammel

Written By: Faheem Ali, Theda Hammel

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • Neon
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2024
  • Neon
  • 1 h 35 m

Stress Positions

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Terry Goon is keeping strict quarantine in his ex-husband’s Brooklyn brownstone while caring for his nephew — a 19-year-old model from Morocco named Bahlul — bedridden in a full leg cast after an electric scooter accident. Unfortunately for Terry, everyone in his life wants to meet the model.

Directed By: Theda Hammel

Written By: Faheem Ali, Theda Hammel

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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58% Positive
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42% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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83
Jan 23, 2024
In its wryly amusing self-awareness at all turns, the film actively and relentlessly lampoons the very language and gesturing we all affect in trying to broach the political maelstrom of identity politics.
By Ryan Lattanzio FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 12, 2024
Going against the grain of a cultural landscape desperate to pretend like the COVID-19 pandemic never happened, Hammel dives headfirst into her exploration of the specific ways the universal experience of lockdown drove us all insane.
By Katarina Docalovich FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 21, 2024
Even when it can risk falling into being a little repetitive and dulling its impact, it will swerve in just the right way to keep you on your toes.
By Chase Hutchinson FULL REVIEW
67
Jan 23, 2024
Hammel has talent and something to say that’s worth paying attention to. There’s a spark of something there, eventually. It’s a little messy, but it’s definitely there. It also just might take a while before you want to hear it.
By Gregory Ellwood FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 18, 2024
The movie has its funny moments, and even some halfway-poignant ones, but it occasionally gives one the feeling of watching a bawdy New York-set sitcom and listening to a segment of “This American Life” at the same time.
By Zachary Barnes FULL REVIEW
58
Jan 29, 2024
Its scrappiness is what brings the charm à la the early work of Madeleine Olnek. Random attempts at depth detract from the final product rather than add to it.
By Lena Wilson FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 23, 2024
While Hammel might be aiming for an ensemble comedy, Stress Positions lacks focus; the director can’t seem to decide who should be the heart of her shapeless narrative, a feeling compounded by dueling voiceovers.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Neon, Roller Studios, Seaview Productions
Release Date Apr 19, 2024
Duration 1 h 35 m
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Website https://neonrated.com/films/stress-positions
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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