The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

IMDb plot summary: An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel, and Ben Stiller.

Noah Baumbach gets a lot of acclaim for his naturalistic dialogue. He's certainly captured the rhythms of it, but I can't get past how weirdly expositional it is in this. "You wrote this song for me when I was five years old." "You and your sister went to live with your mother." It's just so off-putting. As less exposition was needed, however, the dialogue started working for me, and finally we ended up with something I could kind of admire even if I didn't really care.

3 stars.

How it entered my Flickchart:
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) > George of the Jungle
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) < Split
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) < At First Sight
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) < The Road
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) > Son of Rambow
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) > Deconstructing Harry
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) > Interview with the Vampire
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) > Away From Her
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) > Choke
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) < Selma

Final spot: #1181 out of 2687.