Greenberg

Nathan Rabin

Stiller and Gerwig are a study in contrasts.In an audaciously prickly performance, Stiller plays a man who has closed himself off from his emotions, while Gerwig radiates a heartbreaking openness. ( Read More )

While not quite an anti hero, Greenberg is a highly cynical misanthrope. ( Read More )

Kimberley Jones

Through them, Baumbach reminds us, like golden days Mazursky did, of the aching elusiveness but absolute essentialness of human connection. ( Read More )

Joshua Rothkopf

And so Greenberg remains a film of powerful, memorable moments some striking dialogue, some great performances, a handful of beautifully played, bracingly discomfiting love scenes in search of a structure and, perhaps, a soul. ( Read More )

Fortunately, the film doesnt completely capsize until its third act; the first two thirds are actually reminiscent of Egoyan working at his peak in a film like Exotica. ( Read More )