You Hurt My Feelings

The film is mature, relatable and risks being terminally uncool – full of evident chagrin from Holofcener that she can’t be a new voice these days, but also comfortably embracing the old one.

The film is ultimately saved by a self-awareness of its own absurdly privileged viewpoint.

A delightful, hilarious and deeply human film about the innate contradictions we refuse to accept.

Honest, acute and relatable.

The film becomes a lid lifter on long-term relationships, and analyses, in forensic details, the lies that we tell, often big ones, to keep a relationship motoring.

The film is super-spare in execution, yet everything is meticulously tuned. The acting is superb too...

Nicole Holofcener’s YOU HURT MY FEELINGS, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is a low-key take on the minor struggles of creative New Yorkers, and the impact of white lies.



... An engaging drama about the lies we tell to those we love, to avoid hurting them or to boost their confidence.

Nicely acted, it’s a film for grown-ups, the kind that makes you think about everything you’ve ever said to protect and, indeed, support your loved ones. Try not to cringe.

'You Hurt My Feelings' is an easygoing comedy-drama that deals with honesty and bullsh*t in a lived-in way. There's a real sense of intelligence to how the story plays out, but it's not high-brow or inaccessible - quite the opposite, in fact.