Kicking and Screaming has a timeless quality--full of the mundane, subtle experiences few ever mention during the post-graduation transition to the real world. Baumbach's wit is understated, yet piercing as each character develops into a quirky, eccentric, but understandable being. The viewer can at once sympathize and struggle with the characters as they succumb to their habits time and again.
What is most striking is the sincerity that Baumbach infuses in the story. He has a way of making the irrelevant relevant, and the repulsive pallatable. Viewers can identify with this film if they've yet to graduate, but even moreso after they have. |
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