The film itself is near perfect. Adam Driver and Greata Gerwig were great. Baumbach is at the top of his directing game. Great performances even from the bit characters, great set production, cinematography, music, pacing....everything is just about perfect. The problem is, is the source material. It is an extremally difficult novel to adapt from. The book, while not long, was a heavy, frantic read that would be hard to translate into a screenplay. In my opinion, Noah did a great job. In face, one of the best novel to film adaptions I've seen so far.
So if you haven't read the novel, you might be disappointed. If you don't like absurdist comedies, you might be disappointed. If you don't like dry humor, you might be disappointed. So already you can see that the film won't appeal to many, BUT If you have checked all three boxes, than you'll probably enjoy the film.
So if you haven't read the novel, you might be disappointed. If you don't like absurdist comedies, you might be disappointed. If you don't like dry humor, you might be disappointed. So already you can see that the film won't appeal to many, BUT If you have checked all three boxes, than you'll probably enjoy the film.