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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The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected)

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Netflix | Release Date: October 13, 2017

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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Los Angeles Times - 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

Boston Globe - 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

IGN - 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

Vox - Alissa Wilkinson

May 23, 2017

We rarely get to see Sandler do this kind of straight-faced comedy, and he's so good in The Meyerowitz Stories that he deserves the chance to do more. Read full review

Screen International - Tim Grierson

May 23, 2017

With The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected), filmmaker Noah Baumbach writes a new, richly warm variation on a favourite theme: the maddening impossibility of family. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Carla Meyer

Oct 11, 2017

You also cannot help but think about what Baumbach has that Allen lacks: Empathy for his characters. Not insight into them, but empathy for them. Read full review

New York Post - 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.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Ramzy

Feb 6, 2018

Cinematography: 9/10
Stories: 7:10
Characters: 10/10
Acting: 10:10
Music: 8/10

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imthenoob

Oct 15, 2017

It comes off very much as a Wes Anderson film without being a Wes Anderson film. The story is solid but what really sells this movie is the acting by the cast. Just when I think Sandler owns it, Hoffman takes the show and then Stiller shines. It's really a revolving door of fantastic actingIt comes off very much as a Wes Anderson film without being a Wes Anderson film. The story is solid but what really sells this movie is the acting by the cast. Just when I think Sandler owns it, Hoffman takes the show and then Stiller shines. It's really a revolving door of fantastic acting by the three and in the end, They helped make this film so enjoyable and satisfying to watch.… Expand

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Wael

Oct 14, 2017

A nicely done drama about familial matters and siblings reuniting after a long time, the movie is lead by a beautiful ensemble cast, that sets out to do its job brilliantly (I especially liked Dustin Hoffman and Elizabeth Marvel's performances), and the direction is simplistic and, kind-ofA nicely done drama about familial matters and siblings reuniting after a long time, the movie is lead by a beautiful ensemble cast, that sets out to do its job brilliantly (I especially liked Dustin Hoffman and Elizabeth Marvel's performances), and the direction is simplistic and, kind-of sort-of, old-school (like soap-operas). Even though it has nothing majorly special about it or about its plot, this film is nevertheless a heartwarming family drama.… Expand

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LeZee

Feb 4, 2018

A family with artistic vision, well, almost!

This is one of the first titles to attach with the upcoming Oscars. Yes, they also praised the Adam Sandler's performance, which saw a series stumble in the recent years. Besides, I believed in this director. The film also had Ben Stiller andA family with artistic vision, well, almost!

This is one of the first titles to attach with the upcoming Oscars. Yes, they also praised the Adam Sandler's performance, which saw a series stumble in the recent years. Besides, I believed in this director. The film also had Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman. All the fine actors with a fine filmmaker, this is one of the best dramas of the year. Not a family drama, though. And it is about almost a dysfunctional family. This kind of themes is always so fun to watch, and So I had a decent time with it.

Just a week away for their father's artwork show, the two step-brothers and a sister had arrived. They have come individually, then one of them learns about news of selling the property and soon protests. Then the other brother's lunch date with his father does not go as planned. Later an unexpected emergency brings them all to unity. Following that, how the story ends are told in the rest of the running time.

Definitely a good film, but not that awesome kind. Only the cast makes it so precious, and everything else are almost seen in other similar flicks. Sandler has been doing some good roles recently, but this one was even better. It's just a different kind of comedy which still suits him. Nothing to say about Stiller and the rest of the cast. They all as good as each other. Recommended!

7/10… Expand

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mmadnessgames

Jan 9, 2018

At 45 minutes, I'm not even half way through the film, but I'm certain that I don't like it... and I'm struggling to find the motivation to continue watching.

There's nothing wrong with it, particularly, but (also) there is nothing to justify it existing in the first place. "The MeyerowitzAt 45 minutes, I'm not even half way through the film, but I'm certain that I don't like it... and I'm struggling to find the motivation to continue watching.

There's nothing wrong with it, particularly, but (also) there is nothing to justify it existing in the first place.

"The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)" is less pretentious than I expected it to be, but it is also less fun.

This is a long, boring film.

The reputation of the director, combined with the pretentious sub-title and the cross-genre casting (Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller appearing in largely dramatic roles) ensure that this is over-rated by critics.

The would-be sculptor narrative doesn't work for me. It feels forced... and a bit too familiar, of late. If the patriarch of the family wasn't an artist and they weren't a Jewish family in New York I'd probably be a bit more interested. I'm not anti-Semitic - don't get me wrong - I've just seen enough of this sort of thing.… Expand

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