Greenberg (2010)

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The main mistake Noah Baumbach made is the key to the storytelling: I guess he decided to talk about emptiness with emptiness. Bad idea. If you talk about a vicious circle you're supposed to be able to break it, letting "light" come in and see things better. That's what analyzing should be. Greenberg stays in the semidarkness without a solution, and every day feels depressed because his life is em... read more

Roger Greenberg: Because not everybody is Roger Federer.

"Oh, I'm kinda doing nothing for awhile."

And (I think) it's funny; if you told people that you drink tea and play bridge because you like Jane Austen, they'd fucking tell you to go to hell, but if you tell them that you don't drive because you used to live in New York, they snicker and don't say anything.
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Noah Baumbach inicialmente apresenta Florença(Greta Gerwig, conhecida de mumblecores), assistente pessoal de uma rica família de Los Angeles, que aos 25 anos se divide entre as funções de governanta, babá, secretária e, com a família tirando férias prolongadas, além do cachorro é encarregada de ficar de olho no recém-chegado irmão do patrão. De Nova York recém-saído ... read more

Description: Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is at a crossroads in his life. Out of a job and none too interested in finding one, he agrees to housesit for his younger and more successful brother, thereby getting a free place to stay in Los Angeles. Once settled in, Greenberg sets out to reconnect with his old friend and former bandmate Ivan (Rhys Ifans). But times have changed, and old friends aren’t necessarily still best friends, so Greenberg finds himself spending more and more time instead with his brother’s personal assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig), an aspiring singer and herself something of a lost soul. As their relationship develops th Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is at a crossroads in his life. Out of a job and none too interested in finding one, he agrees to housesit for his younger and more successful brother, thereby getting a free place to stay in Los Angeles. Once settled in, Greenberg sets out to reconnect with his old friend and former bandmate Ivan (Rhys Ifans). But times have changed, and old friends aren’t necessarily still best friends, so Greenberg finds himself spending more and more time instead with his brother’s personal assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig), an aspiring singer and herself something of a lost soul. As their relationship develops through a series of embarrassingly awkward romantic encounters, even someone as irascible as Greenberg might have at last found a reason to be happy. ... (more) (less)