80
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- 90Vanity FairRichard LawsonVanity FairRichard LawsonHolofcener weaves these people and their problems together in delicate fashion, guiding us toward her thematic conclusions in a way that never feels starchy, didactic, too lesson-oriented. She’s got a light touch, a humane one too.
- 83The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupHolofcener deftly juggles the emotions of every character, parsing exactly where each is coming from, lucidly and thoughtfully elaborating her script with their specific insecurities.
- 80The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeHolofcener and Louis-Dreyfus again make for perfectly pitched partners.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThere’s a modesty about You Hurt My Feelings that makes it seem in some ways as simple and straightforward as its title. But Holofcener is such a gifted writer that it becomes a mosaic of mildly absurd minutiae, mixed in with legitimate feelings.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanYou Hurt My Feelings stays true to the droll casualness of its title. It’s not a major Holofcener movie; it’s closer to a lively and digressive short story. Yet it’s compelling to see Holofcener merge the fates of all her characters through a grand tweak of the piety of positivity.
- 80Screen DailyAmber WilkinsonScreen DailyAmber WilkinsonWhile Holofcener doesn’t ultimately dispute that it’s nice to be nice, she does suggest that it’s worth remembering constant positivity has its own negatives.
- 75IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandThe shagginess of it, the missteps, the rambling bits are pleasurable enough, and there are plenty of laughs and insights here, but there’s also nothing new.
- 75The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyThe new film most directly recalls “Enough Said,” Louis-Dreyfus and Holfocener’s collaboration of a decade ago, which also concerned the Louis-Dreyfus character hearing things she shouldn’t. This film doesn’t quite measure up to that one — Jeffrey Waldon’s cinematography is oddly murky, and Menzies can’t provide the strong counterpoint James Gandolfini did. But it’s nevertheless smart, warm, and very, very funny.
- 75Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSlant MagazineChris BarsantiThe film deals forthrightly with the question of purpose and whether or not it can be found in a career.
- 70SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaOne of the things that makes You Hurt My Feelings so enjoyable is that it's simply a film about adults having adult conversations. They drift around New York, or hang out in apartments and bars, and just ... talk. That might sound boring, but the snappy script and hilarious performances keep everything buoyant.