Genre: Drama/Comedy
Running Length: 1:37
Cast: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Charles Grodin,
Director: Noah Baumbach
Screenplay: Noah Baumbach
"Aging is out of control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands." Diane von Furstenberg
WHILE WE'RE YOUNG is film about aging timelessly. Too bad the title "This is 40" has been taken because that's the appropriate description of this movie - a film which explores midlife crisis and discontent. Although it's marketed as a comedy, it's actually a rich film with many layers of insights and amusing anecdotes of Generation X intersecting with the Millennials. But beneath it all, is actually an honest story of finding the meaning of life. Ben Stiller and Naomi Watt's characters are a childless married couple in their mid 40s, who laments the loss of their youth and missed moments in life while Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried play a married couple in their mid 20s, who lives in the moment in a hipster kind of way. Their lives converge by chance (or so it seems) and soon the couples form an unlikely friendship. Thankfully, the director didn't go full-on along the "old people trying to act cool" route (oh there is a funny scene where Naomi Watts tries out hip hop for the very first time) but instead focuses on how our couple faces their fear of growing up; the inability to fully face the world as their mind still thinks like a teenager. I only wish the filmmakers could have dug deeper into this universal theme but instead, the remaining plot of the movie is dedicated into the area of the true meaning of the documentary film making as a medium; which came out dull and dissatisfying. Overall, it's a very human movie laced with rich thematic elements and strong performances from our actors.
Rating: 7/10
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