For a while much of this contemporary comedy is great fun - until the party ends and you're ready for these people to go home.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
9 Apr 2015
fresh:
Baumbach plays with universal themes about the uncertainty of aging, the elusive nature of "cool" and the acceptance that comes with settling down ...
– Adam Graham,
Detroit News,
10 Apr 2015
fresh:
Baumbach, whose films include the searingly funny, autobiographical The Squid and the Whale and the brilliantly uncomfortable Margot at the Wedding, writes wry, sharp, poignant stuff.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
10 Apr 2015
rotten:
While We're Young may provide the fusion of two disparate narrative packages but the glass is only half-full.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
10 Apr 2015
fresh:
The wonderful thing about While We're Young and the relationship that develops between Josh and Cornelia and Jamie and Darby is that it's less about resentment than it is a celebration of romantic love. At least initially.