Fresh
This is an undoubtedly modest yet wholly pleasurable tale about the difficulties that come with letting go of youth.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Funny Ha Ha
2003 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Andrew Bujalski
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Funny Ha Ha
Overview
Unsure of what to do next, 23-year-old Marnie tries her best to navigate life after college. Still partying like there's no tomorrow, Marnie drags herself out of bed for her miserable temp job and can't decide whether she's wasting her time going after best buddy Alex, who doesn't seem to be interested.
Director and cast
- Andrew Bujalski Director
- Kate Dollenmayer as Marnie
- Mark Herlehy as Grady (tattoo artist)
- Christian Rudder as Alex
- Jennifer L. Schaper as Rachel
- Myles Paige as Dave
- Marshall Lewy as Wyatt
- Andrew Bujalski as Mitchell
- Danny Miller as Gary (engineer)
- Mark Capraro as Travis (engineering assoc.)
- Sabrina Hawthorne as Laurie (engineer)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
With Marnie, Dollenmayer has managed to transform a sad sack into an indie screen goddess.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Rotten
While the film has a true lived-in feel, and demonstrates a burgeoning talent on the part of its young auteur, its portrait of young slackers lacks the freshness to overcome its all too vivid malaise.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
By simply re-creating what he has observed, Bujalski has created a tender, funny and stealthily affecting portrait of youthful powerlessness and frustration.
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
This isn't improvisation, but rather an adroitly achieved randomness -- the perfect syntax for a generation-defining work about a generation marked by its very lack of definition.
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
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