While We’re Young
While We’re Young is a comedy drama about a middle-aged couple’s marriage and careers that get impacted by the introduction of a younger couple into their lives starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts. The film is rated 14A, filmed in New York City, and explores the lives of a childless couple who have friends their own age but become good friends who are a generation younger and they wonder which parts of which lives are best. Like most smaller budget films shot in NYC, it loves showing off the city at the street level, following the leads discussing their issues, and using interesting houses (inside and outside). The soundtrack includes David Bowie’s “Golden Years”, Naomi Watts learned how to dance to hip hop for her role, and has many references to filmmaking as a character in the film is a director. Part mystery, part documentary, the film could fit into multiple genres and allows Ben Stiller to both be funny (which he is known for) and dramatic (which he is more than capable of). Always interesting to see a filmmaker’s take on drug use, the film touches on many different parts of the couple’s lives including health (humans get old), fashion (hat anyone?), and finances (double income no kids, sort of). The Blu-ray includes a behind the scenes featurette.
2014, 14A, 1h 37m
Distributor – A24
Budget / Worldwide Box Office (in millions) – $10 / 17
Cast & Crew
Writer/director Noah Baumbach previously made Frances Ha (2012 drama with Greta Gerwig), Greenberg (2010 drama also starring Ben Stiller), and went on to make Mistress America (2015 comedy again with greta Gerwig), and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017 comedy drama with Adam Sandler). Ben Stiller previously directed and acted in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 adventure with Kristen Wiig), acted in The Watch (2012 comedy with Vince Vaughn), and next acted in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014 comedy with Robin Williams) and Zoolander 2 (2016 comedy with Owen Wilson). Naomi Watts previously was in St. Vincent (2014 comedy with Bill Murray), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014 drama with Michael Keaton), and was next in The Sea of Trees (2015 drama with Matthew McConaughey) and Demolition (2015 drama with Jake Gyllenhaal). While We’re Young also stars Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Horovitz, and Charles Grodin.
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