Flicks, Giles Hardie
You can’t have it both ways, Jason. You can’t set up a deeply contrived film, then refuse to conclude your film because life is messy.
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Men, Women & Children
Writer-director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno) adapts Chad Kultgen’s bestseller that examines the sexual frustrations felt by teens and adults through the perspective of today’s wired-up world. Stars Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Emma Thompson, Ansel Elgort and Judy Greer.
A group of high school teenagers and their parents navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives - staring down social issues such as video game culture, anorexia, infidelity, fame hunting, and illicit material.
Less2014Rating: M, Mature themes, sexual references, coarse language and nudity119 minsUSA
ComedyDrama
- Director:
- Jason Reitman ('Up In The Air', 'Thank You for Smoking', 'Young Adult', 'Juno')
- Writer:
- Jason ReitmanErin Cressida Wilson
- Cast:
- Ansel ElgortAdam SandlerJudy GreerEmma ThompsonJennifer GarnerDean NorrisKaitlyn DeverDennis HaysbertJ.K. SimmonsRosemarie DeWitt
Men, Women & Children | Reviews
Variety
Feels at once of-the-moment and too obvious by half, like a less overblown version of “Crash” for the information superhighway.
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Time Out
The first Reitman film to make the 36-year-old director seem about 400 years old.
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The Guardian
A huge improvement on the muddled melodrama of Labor Day, Men, Women and Children is still a flawed Jason Reitman film.
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Hollywood Reporter
Skillfully navigates through the personal melodramas of many characters with a nice sense of balance and a sharp appreciation of generational differences.
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Entertainment Weekly
The problem isn't so much what the film is saying but its shrill, alarmist tone.
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