"While We're Young" is good. It's great. Except for......
It was good. I got the nuances of the 40 somethings staying current and the 20 somethings going retro. Going retro is for people who didn't grow up in a certain era. Not that I would get an 8 track but (cassette) cass-singles, CD-3s, and 45s mark a confluence of 80s tech that is retro. Streaming singles through Pandora, Rdio, Spotify, and Roku 4 is what I do now. The older you get the less clutter you want. Hoarding is something to actively avoid.
I get how people drift apart like when the two older couples did because of the influence of the younger couple and the baby introducing the other couple to a new group of friends. It was well thought out and shown in the movie
Other than the puking segment I liked this movie. I dislike puking but it is a defensive reflex the body needs, I just don't need to see or hear it. I got in trouble once for compiling a puking montage from Stand By Me and True Romance in school and showing it at my 1st year review. I was excused from the room and not called back in. I think I almost got expelled. Its one of those cringe inducing moments when I think back to it.
I came to this movie because of Charles Grodin. Ben Stiller is a bonus. Charles Grodin in King Kong is funny in a low key way. Like when he is waiting for Jeff Bridges to take his picture getting off the boat and stepping onto the beach. Or when he disapprovingly notices Ed Lautner ogling at Jessica Lange. He is great at that. Ben Stiller is great at that too. He has over the top movies and low key movies. This is a low key movie.
Naomi Watts is good in this low key comedy and does the low key drama perfectly too. Good casting and directing got the drama part in without taking the movie down. Weird how Watts and Grodin were both in King Kong remakes.
I totally agree with Stillers's character about the fraud part of the documentary being criminal and wonder how often that occurs. He thought it was real and was manipulated in a big way to participate like when he thought he had control of the camera and the Adam Driver character slyly used a remote control to take control of the camera lense for a dramatic zoom in onto his lie.
This movie is good. This movie is great. Except for the puking. I really liked it when the shaman gave Stiller a look of disgust when he dribbled his drink down his face. Low key is a good way to unlocking both comedy and drama that doesn't overdo it to the point of taking me out of the viewing experience.
Jeff