The Adults

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The Adults

R,

2023,

1h 31m,

Comedy/

Drama

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39 Reviews

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49%

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49%

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THE ADULTS follows Eric (Michael Cera) as he returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old childhood conflicts. While Maggie (Sophia Lillis) attempts to recreate the intimate world the three of them once shared, Eric and Rachel (Hannah Gross) are faced with the divide between their childhood selves and the adults they are now.

Critics Consensus

The Adults finds enough profundity in grief and strained sibling bonds to overcome an occasionally aimless story, with subtly rewarding results.

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

Aug 22, 2023

4/5

While The Adults lurches from amusing to cringeworthy in tone, it successfully zeroes in on the raw emotions that both bind and separate this quirky trio that can’t seem to harmonize again.

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Kyle Smith

Wall Street Journal

Aug 19, 2023

A sad but affecting character study that has nothing like a plot but instead ruminates on loss, distrust and misunderstanding within a fraying family.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Aug 18, 2023

3/4

Michael Cera delivers subtle greatness as an eccentric man visiting his sisters after years away.

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Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

Mar 22, 2024

The Adults was one of the best surprises of 2023: an indie-spirited film somehow sponsored by a studio, with three of the best performances of the year.

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Damon Wise

Deadline Hollywood Daily

Oct 4, 2023

The Adults is a comedy-drama that doesn’t seem to deliver much of either, and that gray, in-between state just isn’t appealing anymore.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

Sep 28, 2023

3/4

The performances are all distinctly sad and believable, and Cera expertly channels his onscreen neuroses into a suspiciously over-controlled, serious-man façade.

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Dustin Guy Defa

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Eric

Hannah Gross

Rachel

Sophia Lillis

Maggie

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THE ADULTS follows Eric (Michael Cera) as he returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old childhood conflicts. While Maggie (Sophia Lillis) attempts to recreate the intimate world the three of them once shared, Eric and Rachel (Hannah Gross) are faced with the divide between their childhood selves and the adults they are now.

Director: Dustin Guy Defa
Producer: Allison Rose Carter, Hannah Dweck, Jon Read, Ted Schaefer, Julia Thompson, Michael Cera, Theodore Schaefer
Screenwriter: Dustin Guy Defa
Distributor: Variance Films
Production Co: Dweck Productions, Universal Films
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 18, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 31m

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