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Synopsis: After nearly four decades together, Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job soon after, the couple must sell their apartment and - victims of the relentless New York City real estate market - temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. While George moves in with two cops (Cheyenne Jackson and Manny Perez) who live down stairs, Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew (Darren Burrows), his wife (Marisa Tomei), and their temperamental teenage son (Charlie Tahan), with whom Ben shares a bunk bed. While struggling with the pain of separation, Ben and George are further challenged by the intergenerational tensions and capricious family dynamics of their new living arrangements.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Ira Sachs
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  2 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
2014
94 min
$1,932,818
Website
198 Views


- It's an hour and a half.

- Not by bus.

- By car.

- They don't drive.

They can very well learn how to.

- Are you really serious, Mindy?

- Shut the f*** up, Honey.

You're not even family,

so you don't get to decide anything.

They're right upstairs, you guys.

Since we're here, why don't we step

inside my apartment.

Elliot, let's go.

I still have some work to do.

- Can we just figure this out?

- It's almost 7:
00.

- Please.

- We'll miss supper.

So why don't you tell me

how and where...

...we can accommodate a crowd this size

if we can't close the street at 7.

Dad.

No, that's because you told me

we had a permit.

Dad, can we just talk for a second?

James, hold on.

So the geography project

that I have to do?

No, help me out.

- Sustainable development.

- Yes.

They're painting Vlad's house,

so I told him to come here.

No, 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.

That's what I requested.

- Dad.

- Please, hold on.

They're painting Vlad's house.

I told him to come here.

Are you gonna be

in the living room all day?

- Joey, this is important.

- It's quick. He's on his way.

Sorry, son. James, you know two hours

can make all the difference in the world.

Close the street...

- Who is this?

- Vlad.

He can come in.

It's my friend. Thanks.

- What's up?

- I found a book on the Amazon.

Some really cool pictures

of naked natives and everything.

Nice.

- Your dad is home?

- Yeah.

- Do you not understand?

- Go to your room?

- I gotta talk to my mom first, but...

- Okay.

- Can I get some water?

- Yeah, sure.

I'll tell you what I don't understand.

This has been on the schedule...

Oh, hello.

I'm Vlad.

My name is Eugenia.

I work for Joey's parents.

- Are you Russian?

- Yes.

We might go to the library.

But isn't Vlad here?

Yeah. I told you.

So then why don't you just work here?

Why? What?

Well, just wake him gently, then.

You do it. I'm not...

Joey.

Uncle Ben?

Uncle Ben, I'm so sorry to wake you.

Hi. Joey has something

that he needs to ask you.

Mom...

- Hi, Uncle Ben.

- Hey.

Hi.

My friend Vlad is here...

...and we need to work

on a school presentation...

...and there's nowhere else

for us to study.

Who?

Oh, Vlad.

Good to meet you.

Heard a lot about you.

Hi, Uncle Ben.

Sorry, I...

I guess I'd fallen asleep.

What time is it?

It's 2.

2:
05.

So what's this presentation

you're working on?

This little box connects directly

to our Netflix account...

...our iTunes, our YouTube.

Here. Hang on. Watch.

Let me show you.

- Oh, have you seen this?

- No, what is that?

You have never seen this?

It's Game of Thrones.

Oh, look.

Daenerys Targaryen.

I love her.

She's so regal.

Yeah, I can see that.

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Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs (born November 21, 1965) is an American filmmaker. His first film was the short, Lady (1993). more…

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