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By Sabina Dana Plasse (36) for Film Threat (5,156) on 23 Jan 2022

When You Finish Saving the World offers unique insight into family dynamics in a modern society where the shallowness of a virtual world collides…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 23 Jan 2022

Jesse Eisenberg’s satire hits its targets dead on, but he flattens his mother-and-son narcissists to the point of caricature…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 22 Jan 2022

Awkwardness ends up being the name of the game here, with Eisenberg constructing an intentional cringefest; the type of movie that has you…

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 22 Jan 2022

Despite an under-developed script, Wolfhard and Moore both deliver strong performances as their characters continue their parallel tracks,…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 22 Jan 2022

It’s a film of people telling themselves they’re making a difference without really doing much of anything and it’s hard not to feel…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 22 Jan 2022

Abrupt to a fault but still unexpectedly moving, their perpendicular journeys back to a place of mutual appreciation ring true enough in a…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 22 Jan 2022

This is pretty much exactly the kind of film that anyone familiar with Eisenberg’s body of acting work might imagine he would make: it’s…

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By Steve Pond (235) for TheWrap (3,203) on 22 Jan 2022

Eisenberg emerges as a restrained filmmaker who has a clear idea of what he wants to communicate, and a clear, unfussy way of delivering it…

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By Marya E. Gates (65) for The Playlist (3,871) on 22 Jan 2022

Its many playful edits, careful world-building, stellar performances, and insightful screenplay suggest Eisenberg is a filmmaker with a deep…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 22 Jan 2022

Adapting the script from his own 2020 audio play, Eisenberg treats his cast with measured acidity, drawing out their snarky moods and narcissistic…

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By Mary Siroky (10) for Consequence (296) on 22 Jan 2022

It feels timely and relevant, and Eisenberg demonstrates clear aptitude both as writer and director…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for Variety (12,700) on 22 Jan 2022

To When You’re Finished Saving the World, being good is exhausting and miserable, and aspiring to be good is even worse…

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By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 21 Jan 2022

Prickly characters and a knack for mortifying situations strain to break free from When You Finish Saving the World’s limited and dispassionate…

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