Review of Men, Women & Children (2014) by David M — 19 Oct 2014

"Men, Women, and Children" is a fine addition to the vignette movie genre in which several overlapping stories take place within the confines of one movie. Jason Reitman, the director, explores several challenging and pervasive concepts, such as teen angst and the social and psychological issues that many teenagers face that their parents aren't even aware of.

The use of technology in the movie further isolates the parents from their children. The movie is very existential in approach and has the overarching philosophical point that our worldly actions are insignificant in the grand cosmic scheme.

I feel Reitman does a fine job fleshing out these concepts while retaining a certain authenticity and sensibility to the movie. It is also nice to see Adam Sandler in a serious role, and Jennifer Garner plays her part well as the over-protective mother.

Undeniably, the digital age has contributed to many of the social issues that teens face, and this film unabashedly brings those concepts to the forefront of reality ------------------------------------------------------------ B+\.