The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Name: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: October 13, 2017
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Adam David Thompson, Adam Sandler, Daniel Flaherty, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel

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Netflix | Release Date: October 13, 2017 | TV-MA

Starring: Adam David Thompson, Adam Sandler, Daniel Flaherty, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel, Emma Thompson, Grace Van Patten, Hannah Mitchell, Judd Hirsch, Ronald Peet

Summary: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is the emotional and comic intergenerational tale of adult siblings (Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Elizabeth Marvel) contending with the long shadow their strong-willed father (Dustin Hoffman) has cast over their lives. [Netflix]

Director: Noah Baumbach

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 112 min

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Kenneth Turan

Oct 11, 2017

"Meyerowitz” feels very much from the heart. It has an unexpected maturity and warmth, a compassion that seems to reflect Baumbach’s desire to dig as deeply as he can into the myriad conundrums of family life. And, as noted, it is often quite funny. Read full review

Ty Burr

Oct 11, 2017

In temperament and technique, the writer-director Noah Baumbach occupies a niche exactly between Woody Allen and Wes Anderson. Baumbach’s films are almost all about his own tribe of neurotic upper-middle-class white New Yorkers, but while he has a more novelistic distance on his characters than Allen, his visual style is less antic and whimsical — more traditional — than Anderson’s. Read full review

Josh Lasser

Oct 19, 2017

Noah Baumbach succeeds in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) in fine fashion, delicately balancing serious issues with lighthearted moments – it is a movie that is equally adept at making the audience cry as it is with making them laugh. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

May 23, 2017

The film doesn’t stint on emotional complexity, but it might be Baumbach’s most accessible to date. Read full review

Emily Yoshida

May 23, 2017

It’s incredible what a difference 12 years makes: Baumbach is an altogether more generous and insightful filmmaker here than he was the last time he told this story. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Oct 12, 2017

All the performances are terrific, even when some of the scenes sputter or reiterate the grievances. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Oct 13, 2017

Mines the increasingly fertile territory of aging boomer parents and chafing middle-aged siblings, but at irritatingly high volume, with the cantankerous voices of Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman nearly constantly talking over one another. Read full review

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tjwells

Oct 13, 2017

It's insane the amount of antisemitism on the internet. This is yet another great film that is getting tanked for no other reason than, well, people are **** I'd put it in the top third of Baumbach's filmography (up there with Kicking and Screaming, Frances, and Mistress America). It's not aIt's insane the amount of antisemitism on the internet. This is yet another great film that is getting tanked for no other reason than, well, people are **** I'd put it in the top third of Baumbach's filmography (up there with Kicking and Screaming, Frances, and Mistress America). It's not a ten, but you gotta balance the scores somehow.… Expand

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gerry6992

Oct 13, 2017

Noah Baumbach is a master in storytelling. This movie is funny, heartfelt and complex. All these characters are spontaneously crazy. I loved the cast.

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CoKronakan

Nov 8, 2018

This movie had that old school movie vibe, which was combined with the most agglomerated and new-like city, and the perfect balance was found. The director was casual, but the cinematography had that old theatrical feel. The writing was so amazingly complex but still mundane. The charactersThis movie had that old school movie vibe, which was combined with the most agglomerated and new-like city, and the perfect balance was found. The director was casual, but the cinematography had that old theatrical feel. The writing was so amazingly complex but still mundane. The characters where each very developed and written complexly, emotionally and detailed as possible. Although they had this simple lives, and every day problems the writing helped the already brilliant actors to pass over the feeling of every day problems, and their magnitude to the audience. The actors performance, was amazingly detailed and complex, no short of a masterpiece. All of them, massive respect so 10/10 for the acting and script. The humor was also good and very daily fashioned. It had no pacing issues because of the 'to the subject' styled directing. The plot was not complex at all, but it was nothing short of an emotional roller coaster, and very immersive messages where sent through the characters. So overall this is an amazing movie, which feels fresh in this new all running world, and although the plot is simple the message of it is very strong indeed. It's not a 10/10 drama mainly because the conclusion is missing, and left to the viewers imagination.… Expand

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nutterjr

Dec 22, 2017

I really connected emotionally to this films and loved for its witty dialogues, quirky characters (with a number of really spot on performances), and dissection of what makes a family (with moments when it works and others where it doesn't).

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moviemitch96

Oct 14, 2017

Pretty standard fare from director Noah Baumbach, so if you're familiar with his quirky dramedy style, you'll likely find much to like about this film. The acting from everyone involved is remarkable, with the likes of Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, and Emma Thompson all lightingPretty standard fare from director Noah Baumbach, so if you're familiar with his quirky dramedy style, you'll likely find much to like about this film. The acting from everyone involved is remarkable, with the likes of Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, and Emma Thompson all lighting up the screen with their pitch perfect combination of comedic and dramatic acting chops. Seriously though, this movie just proves that Adam Sandler does have potential and can act, he just needs to choose to break away from all of his ridiculous comedies that he seems to love doing too much if he wants to be taken seriously by the masses the way I was able to with him for this film. Aside from the acting, I will admit that some of the scenes, conversations, and direction in the film felt a bit aimless at times, but for the most part, this was still another decent addition to Baumbach's lineup of films.… Expand

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NickTheCritick

Aug 9, 2022

One of Baumbach most underrated movie. This is a good one and one of those movies that proves Adam Sandler is really good in acting.

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Barny

Jun 8, 2022

from the first 10 minutes I wanted to gouge my eyes out. Thanks to my good reflexes, I was able to avert a bloodshed by stopping before it was too late. About the movie? It's the same old tirade about people talking your ears out in manhattan by a plethora of famous actors. Do you like woodyfrom the first 10 minutes I wanted to gouge my eyes out. Thanks to my good reflexes, I was able to avert a bloodshed by stopping before it was too late. About the movie? It's the same old tirade about people talking your ears out in manhattan by a plethora of famous actors. Do you like woody allen copycats? If the answer to that is a resounding yes, then this product is for you. The end.… Expand

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