2022 · comedy · drama
When You Finish Saving the World
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg1h 28m2022
Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
Our read: When You Finish Saving the World (2022) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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