Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) stars in this indie comedy as 20-something Jenny who had just suffered a break-up, prompting her...
Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) stars in this indie comedy as 20-something Jenny who had just suffered a break-up, prompting her to move in with her film-making brother Jeff (Joe Swanberg, You’re Next) and his novelist wife Kelly (Melanie Lynskey, TV’s Two and a Half Men).
Jenny’s hard-partying, booze-swigging ways shake the family’s idyllic life, as does her rocky relationship with their baby sitter-cum-pot dealer (Mark Webber, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World). Swanson also writes and directs, following up 2013’s Drinking Buddies. Co-stars Lena Dunham from TV’s Girls.
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77 %78 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
37 %7,787 reviewsAudience score rating
"Another half-formed feature from indie cinema's most prolific doodler... demonstrates that Joe Swanberg makes better babies than movies."
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Variety
Variety"Swanberg is good at futzing with our moment-to-moment expectations, but he can't shape all these well-acted scenes into a satisfying whole."
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Time Out
Time Out"A quiet, serious comedy about marriage, parenthood and the everyday strains of bringing up a rambunctious toddler while struggling to sustain a creative life."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Short and slight, but undeniably charming."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Has the ramshackle, slice-of-life, ragged verisimilitude of mumblecore at its best, but fused with a story with actual momentum and unfailingly excellent performances by smartly cast professionals."
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The Dissolve
The Dissolve"The performances are so believable, and there's such warmth, that you're likely to leave the cinema with a smile and a nod to Swanberg for daring to make such good drama out of simple everyday scenarios."
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SBS
SBS"A dedicated focus on character development pays off with ample humor."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterHappy Christmas | Details
- Runtime
- 78
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
