Smart, funny, and above all entertaining, You Hurt My Feelings finds writer-director Nicole Holofcener as sharply perceptive as ever.
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.
Read full articleThe film is ultimately saved by a self-awareness of its own absurdly privileged viewpoint.
Read full articleA delightful, hilarious and deeply human film about the innate contradictions we refuse to accept.
Read full articleThe 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.
Read full articleThe film is super-spare in execution, yet everything is meticulously tuned. The acting is superb too...
Read full articleNicole 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.
Read full article... An engaging drama about the lies we tell to those we love, to avoid hurting them or to boost their confidence.
Read full articleNicely 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.
Read full article'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.
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