Fits and Starts

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Fits and Starts

2017

1h 20m

Comedy

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A struggling writer can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publisher's salon takes an unexpected turn, he has to face his own creative shortcomings and find a way to regain control of his life and work.

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Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

A low-key comedy of errors whose leads' underplayed oomph bolsters the uneven scenario.

Dec 6, 2017

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Andrew Barker

Variety

While it certainly has its moments, it remains frustratingly one-note, too cool to really commit to the screwball farce the premise is crying out for, and too enamored with picking off easy targets to draw real blood.

Mar 14, 2017

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Kahron Spearman

Austin Chronicle

Fits and Starts ultimately glows through Cenac's unique charisma.

Mar 13, 2017

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Aaron Peterson

The Hollywood Outsider

Fits and Starts is an entertaining but forgettable tale of two married writers trying to find middle ground.

Rated: 5.5/10

Oct 10, 2018

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

The director displays a firm control of all the elements in this, her first feature, promising, we hope, even greater cinematic treasures to come.

Feb 25, 2018

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Samantha Ladwig

Bust Magazine

Fits and Starts is a hilarious interpretation of modern artistry.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2017

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Smart, real, and interesting all the way through. A send up of the lit life in NYC these days. The shots of hip types was funny, and I lvoed the cops and their book club! More, more, more....

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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If you like small movies that focus on people traversing an evening two in their lives (which is a personal favorite type of film), thank this movie is for you. A married couple, both writers but the wife significantly more successful, venture to a salon party at her publisher's home in the hopes of networking for the husbands career. Everything goes wrong, from missing wives, slacker cops, obnoxious cultural intellectuals, sex crazed book editors and impromptu spills in the pool. The conclusion of the adventure is far from surprising, but it doesn't really matter because we had fun along the way.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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It's nice to watch a movie where the world isn't going to end. It's also great to see a film where race isn't an issue and people work through their problems for the better. It also does a nice job of making fun of all those annoying and pretentious "artists" out there.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Love it!!! The writing, the story, the actors!! Everything!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Saw this at SXSW and was struck by the ease of the humor and the simple charm that enfolded me once the movie wrapped up. Winning performances all around, but Lee and Cenac are truly inviting presences into the mannered but vicious world of the novelist's mind.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Synopsis

A struggling writer can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publisher's salon takes an unexpected turn, he has to face his own creative shortcomings and find a way to regain control of his life and work.

Director: Laura Terruso
Producer: Margherita Arco, Neda Armian, Laura Terruso
Screenwriter: Laura Terruso
Production Co: Free Architect Film, Armian Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2017
Runtime: 1h 20m

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