Overview
- The Associated Press awards the film three and a half stars out of four, while a Seattle Times review gives it three, noting warm but familiar insights into stardom.
- Now in select theaters, the Netflix release is rated R for language, runs 131 minutes, and is slated to start streaming on Dec. 5.
- Noah Baumbach directs from a script co-written with Emily Mortimer, shaping a meta character study about identity, image, and the costs of fame.
- George Clooney plays a 60-year-old screen icon confronting his off-screen life, with Billy Crudup’s former acting partner sparking the reckoning.
- Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Riley Keough, and Grace Edwards round out the cast, as reviews single out Clooney’s performance and Linus Sandgren’s luminous cinematography.