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41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) isn’t the wittiest or most exciting movie that Noah Baumbach has ever made, but it might just be the most humane.
- 80CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleBaumbach writes his dialogue with a sharp pencil and the film bursts with non-sequiturs, put downs and hilarious lines.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s a comedy that doesn’t really have, or aspire to, any very tragic dimension, but it’s touching. The quirks are underpinned by a heartfelt solidity.
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinThe film doesn’t stint on emotional complexity, but it might be Baumbach’s most accessible to date.
- 80We rarely get to see Sandler do this kind of straight-faced comedy, and he's so good in The Meyerowitz Stories that he deserves the chance to do more.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaNew York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaIt’s incredible what a difference 12 years makes: Baumbach is an altogether more generous and insightful filmmaker here than he was the last time he told this story.
- 80Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonWith The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected), filmmaker Noah Baumbach writes a new, richly warm variation on a favourite theme: the maddening impossibility of family.
- 75The Film StageRory O'ConnorThe Film StageRory O'ConnorStiller and Sandler strike a warm and believably awkward brotherly connection, hitting some real on screen highs as they sit around the piano with Marvel singing Sandler’s catchy tunes.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyBaumbach’s film for Netflix is more conventionally conceived than some of his best work but benefits from sterling turns from a wonderful cast, most notably Dustin Hoffman and, no kidding, Adam Sandler.
- 67The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangThe amiable and undemanding Meyerowitz evokes so many other media — television, short story, theater — that it’s a little unclear as to quite why it’s a film.