Mistress America
Greta Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach reunite after 2012's fantastic Frances Ha for this comedy about Tracy (Gerwig), a lonely college freshman in New York. She's rescued from solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous type who entangles Tracy in alluringly mad schemes. Says Sundance Film Festival: "Mistress America is a comedy about dream-chasing, score-settling, makeshift families, and cat-stealing."
- Director:
- Noah Baumbach ('Frances Ha', 'Squid and the Whale', 'Margot at the Wedding', 'Greenberg')
- Writer:
- Noah BaumbachGreta Gerwig
- Cast:
- Greta GerwigJuliet BrettMichael ChernusCindy CheungShana DowdeswellRebecca HendersonLola Kirke
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Tony Stamp
flicksNoah Baumbach’s latest pairing with Greta Gerwig is a distinctly modern film imbued with the spirit of a screwball comedy. It’s the director’s funniest since his debut Kicking And Screaming, and his most optimistic. There’s still a rich vein of cynicism running through every line of dialogue, but Baumbach’s been stripping away some of his more caustic impulses in recent years, and just as Frances Ha and While We’re Young had a lighter touch than the films that preceded them, this one is practically fizzing.
The funniest film of the year.
Variety
pressConfirms Gerwig as one of the great, fearless screen comediennes of her generation...
Time Out
pressSteamrolls through its mesmerizingly dense running time with such joyous violence that its themes only bubble up to the surface in retrospect...
The Washington Post
pressA sharp, aware and surpassingly kind portrait of the agony and ecstasy of becoming yourself.
The Guardian
pressEventually travels down roads of broken trust and acceptance of reality, but please don't let those heavy themes suggest this movie is anything other than pure delight.
Stuff
pressAn hilarious, rather theatrical show-down at the fancy house of an ex-best friend provides the story's raison d'être and, for many, this will be reason enough to see it.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe film has nothing if not great vitality and an active creative spirit...
Empire Magazine
pressSharp, fast and witty, it’s old school screwball comedy with a cool modern twist. And Greta Gerwig is a bona fide genius.
Flicks, Tony Stamp
flicksNoah Baumbach’s latest pairing with Greta Gerwig is a distinctly modern film imbued with the spirit of a screwball comedy. It’s the director’s funniest since his debut Kicking And Screaming, and his most optimistic. There’s still a rich vein of cynicism running through every line of dialogue, but Baumbach’s been stripping away some of his more caustic impulses in recent years, and just as Frances Ha and While We’re Young had a lighter touch than the films that preceded them, this one is practically fizzing.
Variety
pressConfirms Gerwig as one of the great, fearless screen comediennes of her generation...
Time Out
pressSteamrolls through its mesmerizingly dense running time with such joyous violence that its themes only bubble up to the surface in retrospect...
The Washington Post
pressA sharp, aware and surpassingly kind portrait of the agony and ecstasy of becoming yourself.
The Guardian
pressEventually travels down roads of broken trust and acceptance of reality, but please don't let those heavy themes suggest this movie is anything other than pure delight.
Stuff
pressAn hilarious, rather theatrical show-down at the fancy house of an ex-best friend provides the story's raison d'être and, for many, this will be reason enough to see it.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe film has nothing if not great vitality and an active creative spirit...
Empire Magazine
pressSharp, fast and witty, it’s old school screwball comedy with a cool modern twist. And Greta Gerwig is a bona fide genius.
The funniest film of the year.
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