Review of Brad's Status (2017) by Tal G — 08 Apr 2018

Boy, this movie's too real.

I was not expecting this Ben Stiller movie to get so honest and real with me. It dug under my skin and into some deep fears/general apprehensions about life and the future.

This is probably my favourite midlife crisis movie ever. The typical midlife crisis themes were explored beautifully, honestly (brutally so), and at all times on the verge of being painful like an emotional oblivion, but staying on that edge, dangling our feet into it.

This movie was tactful, subtle, very grounded and aware of itself. Even if it said little in terms of new insights into the midlife crisis, it said what it did beautifully. Even if it did play into some genre clichés, it was all done so well I didn't even mind. It just worked.

Ben played his role perfectly. Seriously. I loved him in this role. The rest of the actors were fine. The kid did well as a believable teenager.

The music was pretty fun, had its own personality, was fitting at all times. The visuals were serviceable.

It's an incredibly tight package with a heavy and difficult theme. It's definitely a sleeper gut punch. It'll stick with me for a while. Beautiful.