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Greenberg

He's got a lot on his mind.

Having been released from a mental hospital, an unhappy man returns to his old neighbourhood to house-sit for his brother. He ends up getting involved with said brother's personal assistant while trying to relive his youth and catch up on what he missed, through his ex-girlfriend and a former band mate.

105 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Drug abuse)
On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brie Larson, Mark Duplass

Director

Noah Baumbach

Screenplay

Noah Baumbach, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Music

James Murphy

Cinematography

Harris Savides

Editing

Tim Streeto

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2010

Produced by

Scott Rudin Productions

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Strong, crude, frequent, some sex language
Nudity	Fairly prolonged scene of sexual nudity, graphic exposure of breasts
Sex	Strong sex and sexual conduct, suggestive sounds
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild profanities, infrequent
Drug abuse	Drug use and abuse: snorting and smoking cocaine, states of 'highs', alcohol consumption frequent, some glamourisation of drugs
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Richard Mowe It could have been hopelessly overindulgent, a fear shared in advance by colleagues at the recent Berlin Film Festival where it was premiered, but by the end of it all you do care about these characters and their foibles.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs A meandering plot and not enough humor to temper an unsavory protagonist

Metacritic.com39 critics

RottenTomatoes.com146 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Greenberg's title character is harder to like than most, but Ben Stiller's nuanced performance and a darkly funny script help take the misanthropic edge off.

Internet (IMDB)6984 Netizens Character study may not be for everyone, but there's much to see

Average .. 62%

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