The Boy Downstairs

Name: The Boy Downstairs
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: February 16, 2018
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Arliss Howard, David Wohl, Deborah Offner, Deirdre O'Connell, Diana Irvine

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| Release Date: February 16, 2018

Starring: Arliss Howard, David Wohl, Deborah Offner, Deirdre O'Connell, Diana Irvine, Jeff Ward, Matthew Shear, Sarah Ramos, Theo Stockman, Zosia Mamet

Summary: A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex boyfriend's apartment building.

Director: Sophie Brooks

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 91 min

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Los Angeles Times - Sheri Linden

Feb 22, 2018

As the film moves elegantly between past and present, Brooks proves a keen observer of behavior and the pitfalls of overthinking. Finding complex beauty in what would be merely obvious in a lesser work, her delightful feature taps into a rarely broached, generally female coming-of-age dilemma: the fear of losing yourself before you know who you are. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - John DeFore

May 22, 2017

The pic may have an unlikely story (in real-world love affairs, this kind of second chance rarely ends happily), but benefits from unusually authentic performances. Read full review

RogerEbert.com - Susan Wloszczyna

Feb 16, 2018

Any movie that can bring to mind a Joni Mitchell song as the credits roll — “Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone” — has earned its keep. Read full review

Village Voice - Serena Donadoni

Feb 14, 2018

The writer-director’s first feature is warmly affectionate and maddeningly vague, with half-formed characters, limp plotting, and performances of captivating delicacy, especially from Zosia Mamet as a novelist guided by uncertainty. Read full review

Empire - Olly Richards

Jun 18, 2018

Zosia Mamet is the major selling point here. In a film that’s lovely but unlikely to prove memorable, she shows she can carry a film with immense charm. Read full review

New York Post - Sara Stewart

Feb 21, 2018

More frustratingly, Brooks jumps back and forth in time between the couple’s past relationship and the current day, with nary a physical or emotive change evident in either party. It becomes a task just to figure out which timeline you’re in, and then convince yourself why you should care. Read full review

The New York Times - Ben Kenigsberg

Feb 15, 2018

How, and in whose apartment, Diana and Ben will confess their emotions is the subject of Ms. Brooks’s pallid dramedy, which leaves its actors looking somewhat stranded, as if waiting for Neil Simon zingers that were never written. Read full review

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