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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMr. Jacobs and Mr. Grodsky have an extraordinary ear for the rhythms and nuances of everyday speech, as voices overlap, conversations take random directions, and casual remarks carry loaded subtexts.
- 50The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloPart of what made Edgar Wright’s "The World’s End" so refreshing was the way that it feinted at being a certain tired sort of movie before suddenly making a wild leap in another direction. Growing Up And Other Lies, is exactly the mediocre movie that The World’s End was pretending to be.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweIntermittently amusing but rarely as funny as it wants to be.
- 40Village VoiceSerena DonadoniVillage VoiceSerena DonadoniThe seriocomic Growing Up and Other Lies, written and directed by Jacobs and Darren Grodsky (Humboldt County), offers strained male bonding from a quartet sorely out of tune.
- Only Adam Brody is compelling here.
- 30The DissolveKate ErblandThe DissolveKate ErblandAlthough the film is supposedly about movement, Growing Up And Other Lies frequently stalls out, and whole patches of it grind on without momentum or purpose.
- 12New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithStruggling for the same vibe as male-bonding comedies like “Diner,” Growing Up & Other Lies instead feels like a really long beer commercial, except beer commercials usually contain at least one witty idea.