Weirdly, or perhaps not, because I have no idea how Netflix recommends anything anymore, right after watching Sunlight Jr., Netflix recommended another Naomi Watts flick: While We're Young. This was a better choice. Still not great, but an improvement. As a rule, I find Adam Driver irritating, which he was in this movie. But Ben Stiller was not, so that was a nice change of pace. And Amanda Seyfried, who is often vapid and bratty, was a nice counterpoint to Naomi's character.
Naomi and Ben play Cornelia and Josh, an early-middle-aged, childfree couple who feel unmoored when their best friends have a baby. They meet Jamie and Darby -- younger and hipper versions of themselves. Josh is an independent filmmaker who has been unable to finish his current project, and Jamie flatters his way into an assistantship.
The film is an examination of the spaces we sometimes find ourselves in, which are neither here nor there. It's a common sentiment, and the movie hits on a lot of the relevant emotions; however, it goes astray with the whole storyline about Jamie using Josh as a way to get to Cornelia's dad, who is a famous filmmaker himself. It was an unnecessary detour which detracted from the whole.
Bottom line: a good effort that didn't get there. I wish it had, though.
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