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Kicking and Screaming
1995
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Kicking and Screaming
Positive Reviews
10
Negative reviews
3
Average Rating
3.2
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3.0
Its a nice debut piece for director Baumbach, despite the films reliance on the twentysomething blues formula.
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Its the kind of safefamily film that sometimes finds a surprisingly large audience, and Ferrellsgrowing star power will certainly boost its appeal.
Screen Daily
3.8
What it does have is a good eye and a terrific ear; the dialogue by writer director Noah Baumbach is not simply accurate, which would be a bore, but a ..
Rogerebert
3.0
Its unlikely to make any Ferrell converts but if youre already a fan, youll probably get a kick out of this.
View London
3.8
The final affirmation of this romance is really an affirmation of Baumbachs talent: that a young filmmaker fixated on the solipsistic rituals of guyho ..
Ew
1.5
Baumbach fails to realize that too often movies about boring people are, well, boring.
Sf Gate
4.5
At the same time, the movie barrels through its story with the brisk efficiency of a 30s screwball comedy.
Washington Post
3.1
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
2.0
Rosie DiManno: Sometimes, the truth simply will never be known Last week we learned that we likely will never learn the cause of two spectacular myste ..
The Star
3.1
The screenplay desperately wants to be the star of Kicking and Screaming, so its a good thing the writing has its moments.
Larsen On Film
4.0
This modest, witty movie, with its fine ear for the undertone of aimless chatter, never raises its voice to make hollow Gen X proclamations.
News Week
3.2
A group of recent college graduates analyze themselves and their prospects for the future in this drama.
Rotten Tomatoes
4.0
Obviously, Kicking and Screaming itself is concerned precisely with starting out and moving on, as it captures an extended moment when four young men ..
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