The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

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The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

2024,

1h 27m,

Comedy/

Drama

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Ann, a morose New Yorker in her 30's, feels stuck in all areas of her life. To her dismay, the years have gone by quickly in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family. As she begins to feel increasingly alienated, she wrestles with herself and her relationships in this self-deprecating auto-fictional comedy.

Critics Consensus

Joanna Arnow finds bleak humor in the struggle to connect with The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, a deadpan comedy that discomfits as confidently as it amuses.

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

May 3, 2024

3/4

Some films are destined for nervous laughter, with enough of a pungent aftertaste to linger. This is one of them.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Apr 29, 2024

Arnow’s poignant and original performance—refined in its awkwardness, exalted in its degradation, touched with grace in its rude self-presentation—is a double masterwork of acting and directing.

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Katie Rife

RogerEbert.com

Apr 26, 2024

3.5/4

Joanna Arnow’s second feature is a symphony of ambient embarrassment.

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Ryan Swen

Taipei Mansions

Sep 5, 2025

While The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed does contain plenty of mortifying humor in line with Arnow’s past work, the range afforded by a much longer runtime expands the opportunities for perpetual, low-key embarrassment.

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Anna Hoang

Boston Hassle

Jul 13, 2025

3.5/5

Whether it can be classified as a microscopic NYC-style odyssey for NYMPHOMANIAC's Joe or Dunham on mood stabilizers, Arnow has the intention to make you chuckle.

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John Serba

Decider

Nov 20, 2024

Fascinating movie. Funny, way off-kilter, for fans of the deadest of deadpans. I feel like if I watched it again, it’d be a whole new experience. That’s a rare thing.

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Synopsis

Ann, a morose New Yorker in her 30's, feels stuck in all areas of her life. To her dismay, the years have gone by quickly in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family. As she begins to feel increasingly alienated, she wrestles with herself and her relationships in this self-deprecating auto-fictional comedy.

Director: Joanna Arnow
Producer: Graham Swon, Pierce Varous
Screenwriter: Joanna Arnow
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Ravenser Odd, Nice Dissolve
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $82.0K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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