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4.5
I've always been intrigued by Noah Baumbach's flicks but usually left a little underwhelmed... that changed with "While We Are Young," which was an improvement, but this is the first I can say I absolutely loved... laugh out loud loved and wanted to (and did) watch it twice. Greta G. is the ultimate trainwreck of a big sister that everyone wishes for, but possibly no one more than someone stuck at stuffy Barnard College. The scene in the bar when an old schoolmate confronts her is just classic -- we feel guilty for loving her but we can't help it -- kind of like Withnail, and if you know who Withnail is, you know just what I mean. Why was this not nominated for anything? Maybe because the final act in Connecticut feels a little imbecilic at times, but despite that, I think this movie will go down in the books as one of Noah's best - unless they only get better...
