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Year: 2017
Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hour, 37 minutes
A look at the lives of the members of one family living in New York in 1995 as relationship drama causes contention between them.
We feel like we say this a lot, but it's the truth: intimate slice-of-life dramas and independent filmmaking go hand in hand, almost to the point that it's now a cliche. This flick is directed by Gillian Robespierre, who previously made a gem of a movie called "Obvious Child," starring Jenny Slate. We thoroughly enjoyed that picture, so we wanted to seek out Robespierre's second feature film to see if it would be as good as her first. "Landline" revolves around the Jacobs family, who live in Manhattan in 1995. Pat (Edie Falco) and Alan (John Turturro) have a teenage daughter named Ali (Abbie Quinn), who specializes in being a combative, rebellious teen. Ali has an older sister named Dana (Jenny Slate), who isn't always around since she's living with her fiance Ben (Jay Duplass). Ali doesn't really get along with her sister or her mother. The only person she gets along with is her father, but these relationships change when Ali learns that Alan has been unfaithful to her mom. Drugs, spying, insanity, and hilarity ensue, and all without the assistance of cell phones or the internet.
Without cell phones and the internet, people actually had to physically leave the house to spy on others. (Image Source) |
Bonding with cigarettes. (Image Source) |
My Rating: 5.5/10
BigJ's Rating: 5.5/10
IMDB's Rating: ~6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: ~74%
Do we recommend this movie: Meh.
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