2010 · comedy · drama · romance
Greenberg
Directed by Noah Baumbach1h 47m2010
Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—until his brother's assistant, Florence, comes to his rescue. She's as much a lost soul as he is, and the pair form a significant connection—giving Roger a much-needed reason to be happy.
Our read: Greenberg (2010) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded comedy · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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