Ex-Husbands

It doesn’t pretend to offer solutions to the various predicaments it considers. But Mr. Pritzker has a sagacious understanding of our various stumbles and humiliations.

Pritzker navigates his compassionate tale empathetically, portraying a refreshingly kind, gentle, and soft side of masculinity through a group of characters all stuck inside a crossroads life has thrown at them.

An interesting, intergenerational snapshot of masculine emotional drift in the modern world. What may strike some as lightweight will connect with attuned viewers as a compassionately observed collection of just-so moments—a worthwhile cinematic novella.

Even if the film’s wisdom is not earth-shattering, it radiates a kind of paternal salve that lives up to Peter’s best intentions.

The film is full of little moments that speak clearly to the particularities of father-son bonds.

Likable enough in intention, but flounders en route to its destination. Not unlike its befuddled protagonists, who can’t seem to translate meaning well into doing well.

Griffin Dune leads this earnest dramedy of multi-generational men grappling with a relationship crisis. There are plenty of dysfunctional family dramedies out there, but I always welcome thought-provoking, nuanced character-driven stories like this one.

What could have been a lazy, bro-happy raunch fest about what happens to our testicles when we age instead becomes a male-heavy dramedy focused on the lessons we learn both for and about ourselves as we get older, wiser, and occasionally, lonelier.

This is a slice of life film and the slice isn't that tasty.

Despite the melancholia in the air, Ex-Husbands is still fun to watch for the atmospheric use of scenic Tulum on the Yucatan Peninsula.