Baumbach shoots his disaster scenes, evacuations, and poisonous cloud rife with contradictions. The purple sky of doom is beautiful and strangely soothing.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Baumbach shoots his disaster scenes, evacuations, and poisonous cloud rife with contradictions. The purple sky of doom is beautiful and strangely soothing.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is Woody Allen territory, except not as funny

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is Woody Allen territory, except not as funny

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A tragically funny glimpse of a family in meltdown, made all the more excruciating by the veneer of sophistication blanketing everyone involved.

~ The Exile -

A tragically funny glimpse of a family in meltdown, made all the more excruciating by the veneer of sophistication blanketing everyone involved.

~ The Exile -

The film is at its best when it is portraying conflicted emotions - as old love underlies fresh acrimony.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is at its best when it is portraying conflicted emotions - as old love underlies fresh acrimony.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The dialogue sparkles all over with wit and joy and perceptiveness.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The dialogue sparkles all over with wit and joy and perceptiveness.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The balance of the super real with intricately timed artifice and how they collapse into each other is Baumbach's crown achievement.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The balance of the super real with intricately timed artifice and how they collapse into each other is Baumbach's crown achievement.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Margot ought to be a plum rôle, but Kidman withers it to a prune.

~ Anton Bitel -

Margot ought to be a plum rôle, but Kidman withers it to a prune.

~ Anton Bitel -

Baumbach has now reached a point where he is parodying himself, yet he still doesn't seem to have found his own voice.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Baumbach has now reached a point where he is parodying himself, yet he still doesn't seem to have found his own voice.

~ Jennie Kermode -

You can enter through the objects, like an Eames chair or three pairs of Ray Bans, bought online. Or through the religious conflict inherent in a bacon bagel.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

You can enter through the objects, like an Eames chair or three pairs of Ray Bans, bought online. Or through the religious conflict inherent in a bacon bagel.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -