You Hurt My Feelings

2023 1h 33m EN

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6.3

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94%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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METACRITIC

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6.5

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 198🍅94%Rotten Tomatoes●80Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 16,766

DramaComedyRomance

Synopsis

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A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Beth
Tobias Menzies
Don
Michaela Watkins
Sarah
Arian Moayed
Mark
Owen Teague
Eliot
Amber Tamblyn
Carolyn
David Cross
Jonathan
Zach Cherry
Jim

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nicole Holofcener
Writers: Nicole Holofcener
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 7

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nicole Holofcener, shot by Jeffrey Waldron. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Andrews. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alisa Lepselter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies and Michaela Watkins carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt15771916 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nicole Holofcener directs. Jeffrey Waldron behind the camera. Michael Andrews scores. Alisa Lepselter cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
3Directed by Nicole Holofcener, shot by Jeffrey Waldron. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Michael Andrews. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Alisa Lepselter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies and Michaela Watkins carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt15771916 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "new york city", "husband wife relationship", "therapist", "narcissism".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jeffrey Waldron
Original score: Michael Andrews
Editing: Alisa Lepselter
Production design: Sally Levi
Costume design: Chloe Karmin
Makeup / hair: Stella Bouzakis
Sound: Lewis Goldstein
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $5,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 94% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 80/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 16,766 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

1 win & 6 nominations total

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Brent Marchant2023-05-28
★ 9/10
One thing for sure you can say about the films of writer-director Nicole Holofcener is that they’re rarely what you expect but always deliver more than you hope for. What’s more, given her recent track record, she keeps getting better and better with each release. Building on inventive narrative styles, precise cinematic pacing, superb character development, a knack for capturing the unexpected and impeccable writing quality developed in her recent directorial works “Please Give” (2010) and “Enough Said” (2013), as well as her spot-on screenplay aptitude in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (2018), the filmmaker has done it again in this insightful comedy-drama, arguably her funniest and most accessible work to date. Holofcener’s multi-layered storytelling approach covers a great deal of ground, from how much honesty is too much to taking personal responsibility for resolving one’s own issues to wrestling with the ennui of nagging midlife challenges (particularly where matters of career performance are involved), and the overlapping story threads integrate seamlessly, often with carefully crafted, raucously funny boomerang effects. In addition to making viewers laugh, the film also makes them think, serving up incisive scenarios that truly give audience members much to contemplate, including incidents that they might have otherwise failed to consider. This is all stunningly brought to life by the positively stellar ensemble cast, especially Julia Louis-Dreyfus in one of her best-ever lead performances. To be sure, the story meanders a bit at the outset, but the opening act is decidedly designed to set up what’s to come, all of which plays out flawlessly as the picture unfolds. “You Hurt My Feelings” may not conform to convention or deliver what viewers expect going in, but, like a well-prepared dinner, it definitely satisfies one’s appetite for a thoroughly satisfying meal. View hearty, everyone.
Giovanni2023-08-03
★ 7/10
Should we be brutally honest and tell the truth to our loved ones, or should we use white-soft lies to keep them motivated and in a good mood? You Hurt My Feelings, a new 2023 movie, focuses on this aspect of our lives, bringing humour, real life and little dramas to our attention. The film has already collected two nominations for “Best Indie Movie” and “Best Actress” Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The film last for one hour and thirty-three minutes of comedy and drama. Produced by A24 and directed by Nicole Holofcener, the author of “The Last Duel,” the film will entertain you. Don’t expect a masterpiece but a simple drama of our lives with inspiring messages. Full analysis and details at Spotamovie.com - https://www.spotamovie.com/you-hurt-my-feelings-2023-movie-review/