In this first feature written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) gives an impressive performance as Ziggy, a teenage troubadour courting internet fame and craving recognition from a politically conscious classmate, even as he despises his altruistic mom (Julianne Moore), Evelyn, who says and probably believes all the right things but manages to alienate almost everyone she comes into contact with IRL, Ziggy most of all. For her part, Evelyn rechannels her energies into mentoring a handsome young man at the shelter where she works, without stopping to ask if he wants her help.
Braids the biodigital sweetness of Miranda July around the poison wit of Noah Baumbach.
B+ David Ehrlich, Indiewire
Jesse Eisenberg
Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Jay O Sanders, Alisha Boe, Billy Bryk
USA
2021
English
Book Tickets
Indigenous & Community Access
Credits
Executive Producer
Becky Glupczynski
Producer
Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone
Screenwriter
Jesse Eisenberg
Cinematography
Benjamin Loeb
Editor
Sara Shaw
Original Music
Emile Mosseri
Production Design
Meredith Lippincott