Men, Women & Children

R

Released Oct 17, 2014

1 hr. 59 min.

Drama

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33%

138 Reviews

Tomatometer

44%

5,000+ Ratings

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Like many Americans, average suburbanite Don Truby (Adam Sandler) and his 15-year-old son use the Internet for information, communication and viewing pornography. Don's son Chris also maintains sexually explicit conversations with classmate Hannah, an aspiring actress whose mother (Judy Greer) posts pictures of her daughter on a modeling Web site. In sharp contrast, overprotective mom Patricia Beltmeyer (Jennifer Garner) does everything in her power to protect her daughter from the digital age.

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Critics Consensus

Men, Women & Children is timely, but director Jason Reitman's overbearing approach to its themes blunts the movie's impact.

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Edward H

Unfortunate amateurish portrayal of a very serious problem that is so widespread.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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Leah Stargazer L

This movie basically was just a view into most people's lives. Love, sex, popularity, sadness, affairs. It held my interest but overall was slow with no wow factors.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/24

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Alec B

The alarmist way it addresses the "perils" of the modern world might be hilarious if the film wasn't so tedious, dull, and self important.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Richard G

I really liked how the various relationships unfolded, especially those who were younger, I followed them closely especially them --> Tim was my favorite, I could identify with him, and I was hoping that at least he would get together with Brandy in the end.. [spoiler] Chris messed up with Hannah I didn't like that part, even as a guy with little experience I would have done better haha. .. I couldn't identify with him... It was bad to see how much the two parents didn't understand their children.. specifically, it irritated me that the parents overprotecting their children ... they think they are helping, but they are harming them. I was so angry at Brandy's mother, what she did was evil, or maybe crazy... They treated their children as if they were still going to kindergarten, I don't know what good you achieve by being that kind of parent. [spoiler] Luckily Tim didn't die and it was great to see Brandy hugging him in the hospital bed. Their relationship was very cute :) maybe that's what I remember the most from the movie. I recommend watching it if you are into emotional movies. Romantic and dramatic both.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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For a film about the darkness that the Internet holds, I feel that it is small in scale, too inadequate, and concentrates on romance and pornography.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/01/22

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isla s

This is definitely an example of cringe-comedy, a bit like American Pie, so suffice to say its quite lewd. The comedy is, at times, more about the parents than the teenagers. On another topic, the fact that the teens are asked to find people who remember the day of 9/11, to talk about their memories of it, made me feel somewhat old, considering I remember well where I was at the time and to think there are teenagers who were too young to remember that, is a little depressing but thats a whole other issue(!). Given Adam Sandler is in this film, I suppose I should have had pretty low expectations of it but he doesn't play the main character, indeed there isn't really a main character as such as both the teens and the parents are shown perhaps as much as each others. I thought that overall this is more of a drama than an outright comedy, as towards the end the plot does become quite serious, with the negative consequences of social media, peer pressure and so on being shown. Trust is one of the key themes in this film I'd say. This film obviously contains quite a lot of sexual references and strong language, certainly in the first half to three quarters of the film, so I wouldn't recommend it be watched as a family as such but for what it is, its good, surprisingly good. I liked Emma Thompson, who voices the narrator - a somewhat thoughtful, philosophical voice. I would recommend this film, yes.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Jason Reitman

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Rosemarie DeWitt

Helen Truby

Jennifer Garner

Patricia Beltmeyer

Judy Greer

Donna Clint

Dean Norris

Kent Mooney

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Don Truby

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Teo Bugbee

The New Republic

Men, Women, & Children curates the world of technology into a tiny sliver of only the most outlandishly evil elements, and pretends that perspective is reason for despair.

Aug 24, 2018

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

It's the kind of movie where you wouldn't be surprised to discover Reitman and co- writer Erin Cressida Wilson were ticking the boxes on a literal checklist.

Jun 18, 2016

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Top marks go to young leads Ansel Elgort and Kaitlyn Dever, who manage to create their own believable world within the mawkish miasma of this flawed movie.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 7, 2014

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

A shallow look at suburban America.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 28, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Might have been better off with a title like Old Folks Just Don't Understand.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Reitman comes up with a simple yet effective way to make it all work and for the most part it does.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 16, 2020

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Synopsis

Like many Americans, average suburbanite Don Truby (Adam Sandler) and his 15-year-old son use the Internet for information, communication and viewing pornography. Don's son Chris also maintains sexually explicit conversations with classmate Hannah, an aspiring actress whose mother (Judy Greer) posts pictures of her daughter on a modeling Web site. In sharp contrast, overprotective mom Patricia Beltmeyer (Jennifer Garner) does everything in her power to protect her daughter from the digital age.

Director: Jason Reitman
Executive Producer: Michael Beugg, Mason Novick
Screenwriter: Jason Reitman, Erin Cressida Wilson
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Right of Way Films, Paramount Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Dialogue Throughout|Some Involving Teens|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 12, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $668.0K
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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