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      Peep World

      R Released Mar 25, 2011 1 hr. 29 min. Comedy List
      24% 29 Reviews Tomatometer 22% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Revelations arise when members (Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman) of a dysfunctional Jewish family gather to celebrate the patriarch's (Ron Rifkin) 70th birthday. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Honestly this was a pretty crazy flick. That family as a whole is beyond f***** up, but at least some of them began to realize & or face some pretty harsh truths about themselves. Honestly feels like there should be a sequel to this. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member the more comedic the actor, the worse the performance Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie just feels bland but the cast is pretty damn good. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member being watching this movie a lot on a 3rd party website and although most people say this movie sucks, I actually like it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Normally I wouldn't consider watching people fight amongst each other a good time, but something about this one was interesting enough that I could actually stand to sit through it. There's not a lot going on, but the family dynamic (or lack thereof) kept my interest and it's a pretty quick watch. The cast is solid too, so it's worth seeing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member One line summary: The surfacing of truth is a painful process. ---------------------------- Henry Meyerwitz has four grown children: Jack, the architect; Joel, the lawyer who took 8 times to pass the bar exam; Cheri, the failed artist/actress; Nathan, the writer, who is seven years younger than Cheri. Henry is distant and imperious. Jack is tasked each year with paying for an expensive dinner in honor of Henry's birthday. By Henry's seventieth birthday, family relations have gone from being tense and dysfunctional to harsh and confrontational. The main reason for this change is the wide success of Nathan's book Peep World, which is more than a bit too biographical for the comfort of Cheri, Joel, and Jack. To make things worse, Jack's business and revenue have shrunk, Joel's legal career is at a snail's pace, and Cheri's career is going nowhere. The topper is that Henry has a new girl friend Amy, who is the actress that plays Cheri in the film of Nathan's book. In the hours leading up to the seventieth birthday dinner, the slow burns of the principal characters are exposed. At the dinner, they burst out, capped by Henry's speech returning all their fire. Will the family gain some cohesion out of all this? -----Scores----- Cinematography: 8/10 Well shot for the most part; on Netflix it seemed to have some intervals of focus that was too soft. Sound: 7/10 No particular problems, but I thought the sound could have been more of an asset to the film than it was. Acting: 8/10 The large cast included several skilled actors doing fine work. Screenplay: 5/10 The threads came together well at the end, but I thought the film would have been better without a narrator. Just to be clear, most of the laughs I got out of the film were from Lewis Black's expert delivery--as the narrator. The film was billed as a comedy; why should most of the humor come from the narrator's performance? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Jesse Cataldo Slant Magazine The film draws its laughs from the suffering of its characters, knocking them against each other while jury-rigging a spindly plot from their in-fighting. Rated: 1/4 Mar 27, 2011 Full Review Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News Judging by the actors involved in Barry Blaustein's amusing but unpolished comedy, it's fair to assume he has a friends in high places. That's good, since they refine Peter Himmelstein's rough script. Rated: 3/5 Mar 25, 2011 Full Review Jason Bailey DVDTalk.com Rated: 2/5 Mar 25, 2011 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review By the time the characters are established, the movie’s almost over. As such, it has a pilot episode quality, previewing a never-to-be sitcom about that zany Meyerowitz Family. Rated: 1.5/4 Jul 31, 2023 Full Review Tara Thorne The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) A strong ensemble led by narrator Lewis Black, Peep World is reasonably funny but never overly so, and the climactic dinner doesn't feel long enough to support the preceding hourish before it. Nov 17, 2018 Full Review Chase Whale Gordon and the Whale PEEP WORLD plays out like a 90 minute episode of your favorite sitcom Dec 6, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Revelations arise when members (Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman) of a dysfunctional Jewish family gather to celebrate the patriarch's (Ron Rifkin) 70th birthday.
      Director
      Barry W. Blaustein
      Screenwriter
      Peter Himmelstein
      Distributor
      IFC Films
      Production Co
      Occupant Entertainment
      Rating
      R (Language|Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 25, 2011, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $10.9K
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital