An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
Acting
Adam Driver's infuriatingly magnetic Jamie, and Stiller's perfect nervous energy.
Writing
Baumbach's razor-sharp generational observations that cut both ways.
Direction
Tonal tightrope between affectionate satire and genuine melancholy.
Director
Noah Baumbach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The ayahuasca ceremony was filmed at an actual shaman's home in Brooklyn, with real practitioners consulting.
Baumbach cast Driver immediately after 'Girls' made him the definitive Brooklyn millennial—then weaponized that persona against Stiller's Gen-X anxiety.
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