While We're Young Movie Blurb by Shale April 16, 2015 Today is Thursday - I never went to movies on Thursday. But, I'm retired now with nada better to do than bike down to the Cinema. I actually had a private screening of this indie film. Srsly, I have been in matinees where just a half dozen ppl show up, but I was the only one for this entire movie. The movie centers on middle-aged documentary filmmaker Josh (Ben Stiller) and his wife Cornelia (Naomi Watts). Josh has been working on a documentary for 8 years and is blocked. He and Cornelia are having a stagnant marriage, where she tried but couldn't have children (as all their friends have). Cornelia & Josh - Middle-Aged Married Couple Plus, Josh has personal problems with control issues and inadequacy which prevent him from taking advice from his father-in-law Leslie (Charles Grodin) an accomplished documentary maker. Josh & Father-in-Law After one of his lectures on documentary filmmaking, Josh is approached by a young couple, Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried) who were auditing his class. Jamie says how much he admires Josh's work and Josh is flattered to be seen as a mentor to the younger generation. Jamie & Darby Well, the young couple manage to become friends with the older couple and they follow Jamie's idea to make a documentary. Josh is pleased to assist as a mentor and both he and Cornelia go thru changes as they gravitate to these aspiring new artists. Of course that is not the end of the movie - things get complicated along the way, ppl get agry with each other, self-assessment occurs and the usual messy things of being in relationships. But that's all I'm sayin' you should really watch it unfold in due time. I don't know how many ppl will enjoy this movie. I was the only one in the theater today who did. It was well received by the aggregate critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with 84% giving it a fresh rating. Only 65% or audiences liked it. This post has been promoted to an article
