Theyre also tribal tidings that are ripe for the most exacting of dry-rage humor.
How could they not be?
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That honor was bestowed solely on his favorite child, the equally miserable Matt.
Yet he disarmingly keeps things intimate and silly as personalities clash in bizarre and often hilarious ways.
Hence how Baumbach keeps the tone always up while the characters are frequently being pushed down.
He is especially sensitive about his far more successful frenemy, L.J.
(Judd Hirsch).
But with his sons, Hoffman finds sharp foils.
For Elizas student films-within-the-film are certainly…something.
The Meyerowitz Storiesis definitely a New York cocktail party yarn.
The Meyerowitz Storiesscreened at the Cannes and New York Film Festivals, and premieres on Netflix on Oct. 13.
Rating:
5 out of 5