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Carlos Jacott, Catherine Kellner, Chris Eigeman

Four male friends seem to be going through mid-life crises at the tender age of 22. This group is comprised of the struggling Grover, who's trying to justify having screwed up a wonderful relationship...( read more  read more... ); the bemused Max who bides his time doing crossword puzzles and reminiscing about events before they happen; the comically obsessive Otis, who won't consider going to a graduate school in another time zone; and Skippy, earnestly clinging to the routines of college and to a girlfriend who is quickly outgrowing him. Then there are the formidable women who refuse to wait for these men to grow up: the lovely, eccentric Jane, who confounds Grover by accepting a grant to study in Prague; the precocious teenage townie, Kate, charming everyone with her unaffected bluntness; and the gutsy Miami, in the throes of extricating herself from several bad habits, one of which is Skippy.

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Noah Baumbach

Release Date: October 6, 1995

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DVD Release Date: August 22, 2006

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  • puffchunk
    September 5, 2008
    puffchunk
    A lot of it was obnoxious, but it had spurts of good moments. Subtle humor is used well in places. A typical 2.5 star movie; see it or don't, it's not going to matter either way.
  • nuheart
    January 10, 2007
    nuheart
    "What I used to be able to pass off as just a bad summer, could now potentially turn into a bad life."
  • mjgildea
    October 25, 2006
    mjgildea
    Kind of dark, and not too engaging, but its good.
  • liquidstone14
    July 4, 2009
    liquidstone14
    Despite a handful of enjoyably quotable lines and downright honest intentions, Noah Baumbach's feature film debut is ultimately only sporadically engaging. The first ten minutes are, in that sense, very testing in the way that it's chock-full of first-time screenwriter ''dialogue...( read more)'' where everyone spouts instantly clever remarks without having any actual believable conversation going on. Thankfully, that pedal is given a less aggressive push throughout the movie, but the overall feel remains the same. The characters are somewhat thin, but their anxieties ring truthfully; the actors portraying them almost all have a nice, unforced authenticity to their line-readings, but they cannot run away from being stuck in endless variations of the same scene.

    I'm glad Baumbach followed this twee, aimless little dramedy with the largely superior & focused one-two punch of The Squid and the Whale and Margot at the Wedding. Kicking and Screaming is not a bad movie per se, and it does get a couple of genuinely funny moments that very much call for a rewind-rewatch, but it's not interesting enough to recommend it to anyone else than curious Baumbach admirers.
  • graveling861
    April 20, 2009
    graveling861
    The first movie from the writer/director of the Squid and the Whale puts together a nice enough script with mediocre characters.
  • ZombiDrome
    April 25, 2009
    ZombiDrome
    Kicking and Screaming is a classic film about teamwork and . . . ultimately . . . soccer. Will Ferre-wait a minute. Whoops. Wrong movie.

    KIcking and Screaming by Noah Baumbach is good. It's about a bunch of college graduates who sit around all day and quiz one another and then t...( read more)otalize their intelligence. They have nothing else to do. See it before you end up like it.
  • emmaxgirlx55
    April 3, 2009
    emmaxgirlx55
    Funny a little like Daddy Day Care but not quite.
  • spiralrayonshorts
    December 25, 2008
    spiralrayonshorts
    Borders on being pretencious but the characters are just so real makes the movie highly enjoyable.
  • heavyd2000
    November 24, 2008
    heavyd2000
    The diolog was brilliant in parts of this film.
  • richardksbaer
    November 23, 2008
    richardksbaer
    I hope I'm not like this in a year.

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