If you loved The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), try While We're Young
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Noah Baumbach, and they both carry the cozy mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What While We're Young is
A neurotic documentarian and his equally anxious spouse mistake hipster authenticity for wisdom after meeting a pair of impossibly cool twenty-somethings. Their attempts to reclaim youthful spontaneity—through artisanal cocktails, vinyl collecting, and vague philosophical musings—only highlight how badly they misread the situation. The film gently mocks the performative rebellion of middle age without ever letting its characters off the hook.

