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• Comedy
• Drama

• 2025
• Noah Baumbach
• 131 mins
• 15

Summary

Hollywood star Jay Kelly completes production on his latest picture and plans to take some time off to spend with his youngest daughter Daisy before she heads to college and he starts a new project. Jay is shocked when Daisy reveals she is heading to Europe with her friends and he secretly tracks her.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

James Mottram

George Clooney is the titular A-list movie star in Noah Baumbach's breezy Hollywood-insider comedy, one that starts well but veers dangerously towards indulgence. After he attends the funeral of the director mentor who first cast him, Jay's life is thrown into turmoil following an altercation with an old classmate (Billy Crudup). On a whim, he follows his youngest daughter (Grace Edwards) to Europe to grab some quality time, on the flimsy pretext of picking up a lifetime achievement award at a Tuscany festival. Joining him are his long-suffering publicist (Laura Dern), manager (Adam Sandler) and make-up artist (Emily Mortimer), though none are able to soothe Jay as he undergoes a crisis of confidence. Baumbach shows none of the edge of earlier films like Frances Ha, aiming instead for broad comic potshots as he explores fame, family and the legacy you leave behind. Some gags land, but the concluding clips of Clooney's real work make for a queasy homage that doesn't quite have the desired emotional payoff.

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6.5/10

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Cast

rolenameJay KellyGeorge ClooneyRon SukenickAdam SandlerLizLaura DernTimothyBilly CrudupLois SukenickGreta Gerwig

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rolenameDirectorNoah Baumbach

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Theatrical distributor

Netflix

Released on

2025-11-14

Languages

English

Guidance

swearing

Formats

Colour

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