Kicking and Screaming

Name: Kicking and Screaming
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: October 6, 1995
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton

1995

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Trimark Pictures | Release Date: October 6, 1995 | R

Starring: Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton

Summary: A group of four male friends seem to be going through mid-life crises in their post-college years as they approach adulthood kicking and screaming.

Director: Noah Baumbach

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

There's plenty of wit on the surface, but the pain of paralysis comes through loud and clear. Read full review

Richard Corliss

But the writer-director is canny enough to salt the stew with poignance, so that by the end these attitude machines have become human beings -- more than the sum of their chiseled jokes. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

The final affirmation of this romance is really an affirmation of Baumbach's talent: that a young filmmaker fixated on the solipsistic rituals of guyhood understands the hearts of women, too. Read full review

Peter Travers

Scenes move from hurt to resigned laughter and ring poignantly true. The heroically unfashionable result is a minor but distinct pleasure. Read full review

Janet Maslin

The film succeeds in finding something sweetly romantic and visually fresh in Grover's flashback memories of Jane, along with allowing Grover plenty of room for wisecracks. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

It’s a nice debut piece for director Baumbach, despite the film’s reliance on the twentysomething blues formula. Read full review

Barbara Shulgasser

Baumbach is obviously a bright man, but this material is too thin for anything more than a slight New Yorker short story about thoughtful screw-ups. Read full review

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JosephK.

Aug 22, 2006

Classic movie, just released on DVD.

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PatrickL.

Oct 9, 2006

Best movie ever. Watch it over and over again!!

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EricO.

Dec 13, 2006

I just love this film. Witty, brainy, full of heart. What a wonderful achievement.

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carlossolrac

Nov 1, 2018

S'like all the characters are someone you know, someone close, someone that can hit all four or five of those guys. The four or five parts of your brain.

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