Lemon

Name: Lemon
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: August 18, 2017
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Brett Gelman, Gillian Jacobs, Inger Tudor, Jeff Garlin, Judy Greer

2017

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: August 18, 2017 | NR

Starring: Brett Gelman, Gillian Jacobs, Inger Tudor, Jeff Garlin, Judy Greer, Kayla Harrity, Megan Mullally, Michael Cera, Robin McDonald, Shiri Appleby

Summary: Lemon: a person or thing that proves to be defective, imperfect, or unsatisfactory. Isaac Lachmann is a dud. Isaac Lachmann is 40. Isaac Lachmann is a man in free fall immobilized by mediocrity. His career is going nowhere. His girlfriend of ten years is leaving him. And his overbearing family doesn’t help matters. What did he do to deserveLemon: a person or thing that proves to be defective, imperfect, or unsatisfactory. Isaac Lachmann is a dud. Isaac Lachmann is 40. Isaac Lachmann is a man in free fall immobilized by mediocrity. His career is going nowhere. His girlfriend of ten years is leaving him. And his overbearing family doesn’t help matters. What did he do to deserve this? Things were supposed to work out differently for him. Isaac Lachmann had big dreams. Now he just watches as life unravels.… Expand

Director: Janicza Bravo

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: NR

Runtime: 83 min

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Todd McCarthy

Jul 14, 2017

Lemon represents a feature debut of unusual assurance and control with a style all its own. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Aug 17, 2017

In Lemon, Bravo and Gelman find a transcendent absurdity in the mundane that’s awkwardly enchanting. It’s more tart than sweet, but deliciously weird nonetheless. Read full review

Kyle Turner

Aug 10, 2017

This is a filmmaker precise in her composition and in her texture, her comedic beats reminiscent of both David Lynch and Issa Rae. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Jul 14, 2017

Lemon is a comedy of miserablism that keeps poking you in the ribs — and, quite often, fails to hit the rib it’s aiming for. Yet it’s a watchable curio, because beneath it all the director, the Panamanian-born Janicza Bravo, has a more conventional sensibility than she lets on. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Sep 13, 2017

Although guaranteed to split critics and viewers alike, nobody can argue that Bravo and Gelman haven’t put their all into this absurdist, existential farce. The question remains: Will Lemon make or break that all-important first date comedy connection? (Personally, I’m sticking with Ruggero Deodato.) Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Aug 18, 2017

There's a flatness in the end-result. The quirky is utterly predictable. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Aug 24, 2017

Reviewing Lemon feels like taking a sucker’s bet, treating the film with a reverence it never even asks for. Read full review

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Nov 21, 2017

The entertaining first third of Lemon amounts to very little as the main character, Isaac, simply maintains a pulse for the remaining time. There are no conclusions except that all the scenarios initially introduced slowly fade away or just stop. I think the idea was to beat the notion ofThe entertaining first third of Lemon amounts to very little as the main character, Isaac, simply maintains a pulse for the remaining time. There are no conclusions except that all the scenarios initially introduced slowly fade away or just stop. I think the idea was to beat the notion of futility into the ground. But even failure would've been a welcome sight had it come because of any type of action.… Expand

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