While We’re Young

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While We’re Young is a comedic drama written and directed by Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha). It premiered in the Special Presentations section at TIFF to generally favourable reviews. The film stars Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, and Amanda Seyfried.

Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts are Josh and Cornelia Srebnick, happily married middle- aged members of New York’s creative class. They tried to start a family and were unable to—and have decided they’re okay with that. But as Josh labors over the umpteenth edit of his cerebral new documentary, it’s plain that he has hit a dry patch and that something is still missing. Enter Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried), a free-spirited young couple, who are spontaneous and untethered, ready to drop everything in pursuit of their next passion—retro board games one day, acquiring a pet chicken the next. For Josh, it’s as if a door has opened back to his youth—or a youth he wishes he once had.

“I’d been thinking about writing a film about two different couples interacting for a while,” Baumbach explains. “I’m interested in the different kinds of energies and dynamics that go on between couples. Are you different with your spouse alone than you are when you’re with your spouse and other people? Of course you are—depending on the people—and I wanted to explore that in a film. But what prompted these particular couples is that I also was reaching a point in life when I realized I was no longer the youngest person in the room.”

While We’re Young is rated 14A. Read our review here.