Hannah Takes the Stairs

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Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007

1h 24m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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57%

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47 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

A young woman (Greta Gerwig) experiments with various relationships, as she searches for personal and professional fulfillment.

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Although not terribly focused, Hannah Takes the Stairs contains refreshing realism.

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

01/09/2009

3/5

Smart and engaging, but too many meandering breeze-shooting sequences.

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David Jenkins

Time Out

01/09/2009

2/6

It's never enough to establish any sensitivity or social pertinence beyond the trifling tiffs which are playing out on screen.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

01/09/2009

2/5

There's only so much twentysomething navel-gazing one can listen to before wanting to slap some sense - and some fully formed sentences - into them all.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

11/24/2024

1.5/4

...the picture’s meandering, uneventful sensibilities, coupled with Swanberg’s amateurish, far-from-cinematic visuals, pave the way for a fairly interminable second half that peters out to a disastrous extent...

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Jamie Russell

Film4

01/09/2009

2.5/5

Less dazed and confused than mumbling and mundane, this drama focuses on social awkwardness and twentysomething blues. Skipping aimlessly from scene to scene it offers little observations and rewards low expectations.

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steve d

@RT35616104 12/24/2022

The rare Gerwig film that didn't work for me, AT ALL.

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07/14/2018

Another mumblecore dramedy which is mostly annoying.

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11/06/2016

Wish we could have seen more of our protag's creative / professional life! Can't believe we got to the end of the film with intimate knowledge of all of her boyfriends but little understanding of what she actually did for a job every day. Mumble core as always too raw too real too narrow focused.

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02/02/2016

This is so-called mumblecore film about the hardships of finding a suitable mate Joe Swanberg puts Greta Gerwig (Hannah B.) between three men in her effort to a romantic fulfillment. Although the movie is obviously made on a low budget it succeeds in a way to communicate the psychology of the young woman as she 'mumbles' her way towards personal happiness.

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david f

@dfulmer 09/16/2013

A very representative mumblecore movie, with meandering story, aimless characters, and a self-discovery angle that captures most of the interest of the filmmakers, if not the audience.

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03/18/2013

This is how it feels. THIS is how it feels.

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Synopsis

A young woman (Greta Gerwig) experiments with various relationships, as she searches for personal and professional fulfillment.

Director: Joe Swanberg
Producer: Joe Swanberg, Anish Savjani
Screenwriter: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Kent Osborne
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Film Science
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.5K
Runtime: 1h 24m

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