Men, Women & Children

2014
US
1h 56min

Directed by: Jason Reitman
Cast: Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Adam Sandler
UK release: 5 December 2014

Patricia (Garner) is the suffocatingly protective mother of Brandy (Dever), who is attracted to disillusioned jock Tim (Elgort); meanwhile, Don (Sandler, gently understated) and Helen (DeWitt) are neglecting their porn-addicted son Chris (Tope). Reitman's finger-wagging melodrama is intent on teaching us lessons, but it's still better than his schmaltzy Labor Day.

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Men, Women & Children

12 Sep 2014

Toronto International Film Festival: Jason Reitman creates conservative comedy drama

Jason Reitman's cautionary, state-of-the-nation mosaic starts off with the promise of something Altman-esque like Nashville or Short Cuts, but winds up closer in tone to something written by Richard Curtis. Perhaps it is the fault of the extensive…

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