Coming from divorced parents I could really identify with this movie. The issues of joint custody and the spread of anti-spouse propaganda were very familiar to me. The film has a certain painful comedic tone to it, if that makes any sense. Sort of like "The Office" or the first season of the U.S. version of same said program. You chuckle while you squirm in your seat as the teenage older brother ruins his awkward love life one gaff at a time. You laugh at a 10 year old drinking a glass of scotch and then stop to remember that the story is actually autobiographical. Ouch.
Directed by Noah Baumbach, who also did one of my favorites, Kicking and Screaming. Not the crappy Will Ferrell soccer movie which used the identical title for no apparent reason. It's like, "I know, I'll make a romantic comedy about how Vince Vaughn plays Joe Schindler, a swinging bachelor who's finally decide to settle down with Rachel McAdams (or Christine Taylor, whatever) and he has this 'list' of things to do before they wed. Let's see here, what could I call it?"
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I've always shied away from this movie, based on the fact that I lived it. Maybe I should reconsider.
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