{"id":132292,"date":"2017-10-24T07:32:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T11:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=132292"},"modified":"2021-03-21T11:39:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T15:39:33","slug":"more-2017-movies-for-your-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=132292","title":{"rendered":"More 2017 Movies For Your Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s Part 1.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\nDirector\/Writer<\/strong>: Noah Baumbach
\nU.S. release date<\/strong>: October 13, 2017
\nU.K. release date<\/strong>: TBD<\/p>\n

The film is streaming on Netflix now. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel and Grace Van Patten – it’s a true ensemble film, as the title suggests. Hoffman has his best role in years. Emma Thompson and Candice Bergen show up in smaller roles as the mothers\/stepmothers of the family. There are a couple of things Meyerowitz Stories<\/i> gets so right, the main one being the feeling that you are actually looking at adult siblings. Movies very rarely get adult siblings right. I say this as someone with many adult siblings. The film is heartbreaking, funny, and insightful. It pays attention to things, like the way scared adult siblings latch onto a certain nurse caring for their father, and PANIC when there’s a shift-change. Or how the three of them all exclaim “WHAT?” in horror when the doctor blithely tells them she’s going on a 3-week vacation. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated these details. I’ve seen a bazillion movies about scared families in hospitals but I’ve never seen that particular dynamic portrayed. It was validating. I RECOGNIZED it. Each actor is superb, and both Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller have a couple of career-best moments, but it’s the group dynamic that is the special thing here. Family: messy, painful, funny. I loved this movie.<\/p>\n

\n