A giant step forward for writer-director Noah Baumbach, this bittersweet romantic comedy treats the subject of male vanity and self-absorption with considerably less indulgence than his smug and inexplicably lauded debut, KICKING AND SCREAMING. While Baumbach's obvious models are rueful French
nouvelle vague romances like JULES ET JIM, his shallow touch keeps this new film rooted firmly in the tradition of Woody Allen's neurotic comedies. Lester Grimm (Eric Stoltz) is an aspiring writer who poisons relationships by obsessing about his
girlfriends' exes. No sooner has he taken up with Ramona (Annabella Sciorra) than he's brooding about
her old boyfriend...
Released:
1998
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins