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The Adults

2023

Dustin Guy Defa

Michael Cera, Hannah Gross, Sophia Lillis, Wavyy Jonez ...

5.3

239

Drama. Comedy The plan to make a trip back home as short as possible begins to unravel when Eric has to balance his addiction to poker with the challenging relationships with his two sisters Rachel and Maggie. All three are not the kids they used to be. Or are they?

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Sad, subdued study of estranged siblings coming together (...) 'Person to Person' has a quietly moving understanding of the complex, deeply coded language with which even scattered families communicate."
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"Defa's film aligns with the notion that it's how a story is told —how it feels— and not just what it is about (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"'The Adults' is a gift to its actors (...) As fully-realised cinema, however, 'The Adults' feels a little too low-key to be entirely satisfying"
		Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"It's coarse to the touch but 'The Adults' is a tender film"
		Amy Nicholson The New York Times	"Defa's tight and tidy focus on communication adds a smart layer to this tale of estrangement"
		Pat Brown Slant	"The film affectingly captures the uniquely American ennui provoked by the lost utopia of youth (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Steph Green IndieWire	"A raw, sensitive, and true look at a family in flux with too much love to give and no tools to whittle it into something useful."
		Damon Wise Deadline	"A comedy-drama that doesn’t seem to deliver much of either, and that gray, in-between state just isn’t appealing anymore."
		Taylor Gates Collider	"A true dramedy, it's as raw and painful as it is refreshing and cathartic"
		Richard Brody The New Yorker	"The vulnerable simplicity of the musical numbers and the comedy routines suggests not just a realistic musical but an anti-spectacular one; the antics mesh with the drama not at the level of tone or style but at a conceptual one"
		Rafaela Sales Ross The Playlist	"Anchored by its competent trio of protagonists, 'The Adults' would have been a lovely time if not for the overused mishmash of twee gimmicks"
		Jesse Hassenger Paste Magazine	"'The Adults' understands how often adulthood feels like that: A series of performances that those closest to you know are just screwing around"
		Kyle Smith The Wall Street Journal	"A sad but affecting character study that has nothing like a plot but instead ruminates on loss, distrust and misunderstanding within a fraying family"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"A quietly compelling indie gem (...) Michael Cera delivers subtle greatness as an eccentric man visiting his sisters after years away. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times	"A warm, wry dramedy that finds fresh resonance and insights from the story of three siblings each trying to move forward in their own way"

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