Noah Baumbach. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull.
Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
Anxiety loves company. Rated R for strong language, and some sexuality. Did you know Edit. Trivia The film was almost accepted in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, but Noah Baumbach refused to cut 15 minutes as they requested, and the film was ultimately rejected.
Goofs At the airport, when Grover says, "Shit, I wish I hadn't seen that", his mark is clearly visible on the floor when he walks away. Quotes Max : I'm too nostalgic. User reviews 81 Review.
Top review. The Impending Doom of Adulthood. He wrote and directed it at age 25, which is a real accomplishment because the film's very compelling.
Riding the wave of the independent cinema in US in the early 90s, Baumbach created a tragicomedy of a tightly-wound group of friends grappling with the reality of life after graduation. Basically, their anxiety is borne out of accepting the responsibility of, finally, you know, growing up and joining the adult-force. As actor Chris Egieman the articulate Max in the film has pointed out in a recent interview, these guys are forced to accept that they must now take their lives seriously.
Decisions and choices are optional no longer. The question of 'what next? Bummer, right? Of course these early white kids bicker and groan; someone of them delay the inevitable and slack around on the college campus, and at least one of them returns to school and retakes the same classes just so that "he can be a student again.
Mostly, they just hang out. And they talk; a lot. They philosophise the little things, every little small inconsequential detail that makes up their special universe.
Baumbach has confessed of his love for improv comedy, and he imbues the comedy of the film with some of that. Not all of it works the Cookie Man scene is a little cringe-inducing but it's cute at least. But the dialogue is pointed, always witty and full of incisive detail.
Consequently, the film has a kind of before the flood atmosphere. There are video shops, answering machines and landlines, with a fine soundtrack by Phil Marshall that also features Blondie, the Pixies and Nick Drake. But when Jane leaves for Prague to embrace a love of Kafka and a distaste for American coffee, Grover is left alone with the idiots.
Self-hate ensues, as do bottles of Colt 45 lager. In a series of flashbacks, Grover longs for his ex in what threatens to become a full-blown romcom. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account.
Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. Witty and watchable yet undeniably flawed, Kicking and Screaming marks writer-director Noah Baumbach as an emerging talent with intriguing potential.
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