These movie guys specialize in snapping vignettes of human inconsistency - no fancy lighting required.
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It shares one annoying practice with their other early films: They like to use distracting little zooms in and out for no reason at all, except possibly to remind us the film is being shot with a camera.
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
Inevitable or not, it's fun watching two middle-aged lunkheads reverting to adolescent competitiveness, and the fun is compounded by secrecy.
A delightfully scrappy backburner passion project from Jay and Mark Duplass.
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Uncompromising in its way, the film's portrait of codependent compulsion is so organically conceived, you start to smell the sulfur of traumatized childhood, no exposition needed.
The latest from brothers Mark and Jay Duplass (who co-wrote and directed) seems to expose the limits of a certain kind of realism by stretching them one man-child too far.
40
Time OutDavid Fear
Time OutDavid Fear
They're not doing themselves any favors by letting this oldie out of the vault.
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The problem, ultimately, is that little of this is of any real interest. The brothers' bickering can be amusing at times but even at 76 minutes, the movie feels repetitive and overly long.
25
Slant MagazineAndrew Schenker
Slant MagazineAndrew Schenker
In Jay and Mark Duplass's film, the fragile middle-aged male ego is indulged, massaged, and, finally, critiqued.