Thoughts On The Film.

Saw it this morning, I'd give it 8.5/10. Very smart and funny, the audience reaction was completely divided in half, the guest speaker hated it, I personally loved it though. Probably my 3rd favorite movie of the year next to Boyhood and Only Lovers Left Alive. It reminded me of a mix of Wes Anderson,Woody Allen, and Charlie Kauffman with an excellent jazz score. The characters are all miserable, which was a big turn-off for a lot of the crowd, but I think they missed the point. If your an artist or writer, you'll certainly be attracted to the themes of the movie.

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just finished it on iTunes and give it a solid 7. Schwartzman does an excellent job portraying a self-absorbed relentless a-hole in this. I could do without the nauseating shaky cam sequences and some scenes had poor sound quality but overall it is a good film.



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Moss and Pryce shine in this otherwise uninteresting tale. While I love Indies, this one just felt like being stuck in bad company for a couple of hours. These characters aren't people you'd want to know or spend time with. Even villains have interesting stories or quirks - we all have something. So, these characters ring untrue. That, sums up this film for me.

The EYES see only what the HEART can comprehend. 

I just watched it tonight and it was brilliant. A darkly hilarious character study that benefits from a traditional yet unique-to-the-form structure that simulates the form of a novel by John Updike or Philip Roth (I'm guessing the main character's name was a nod to another cantankerous, Jewish-American novelist). If you're a fan of Alex Ross Perry (as you should be), or simply love personal, character-driven films and contemporary lit (lots of great references, including a nod to Martin Amis' brilliant and underrated Money), you will find something to enjoy in Listen Up Philip, despite its frequently detestable protagonist. I rushed right to IMDB to give it a 10 out of 10.

depicts unlikable characters in an attempt to be arty, as if it's somehow quirky and clever. you watch some dudes be *beep* for 2 hours. you might like it if you enjoyed Inside Llewyn Davis, but the plot isn't even that good and overall uninteresting. 3/10

This was well made, but I found it to be intellectual psycho-babbling at it's worst. Philip and Ike were uninteresting *beep* If either of them had asked me for the time, I would have wanted to punch them in the face.

Tedious, dull, hard to sit through. Its saving graces are two-fold in my opinion: it shines a light on the personality/character of deeply anti-social and self-destructive individuals; and, to a lesser degree, it sports occasional chuckle-worthy banter. The pseudo-intellectual voice-over arcs slowly from darkly humorous to tiresome as the film progresses. What kept me going was the seeming likelihood that someone would punch Philip in the face (or kick him squarely in the junk). But then that never happened. So. 5/10.