The Meyerowitz Stories is a great movie with a very well developed plot and a terrific cast. It's a beautiful, grounded piece of film that really takes its time with every piece of detail, the characters and each person's individual relationship is handled in a delicate manner that makes it very relatable and pure. It is also a lovely mix of drama and comedy, containing hard hitting moments that struck a chord with me, as well as ones that left me in stitches. The movie captures family relationships and fighting for acceptance from our family in a very blunt manner.
I was not the biggest fan of the stories switching around, I get that it was doing so to show these different character's separate relationships and how they intertwine, but it became a bit of a mess. I would have preferred a story told as it is, with a fully fledged beginning, a middle and an end.
The cast is all around brilliant. Adam Sandler delivers one of his greatest performances to date, playing a very layered, complicated role, Ben Stiller is also top notch in his role, Dustin Hoffman steals every scene as always as a mentally abusive father, it was certainly a change of pace for him as an actor, and Emma Thompson is so terrifically immersed in to this character I did not even know it was her till I saw her name in the credits.
A heartwarming, funny, hard hitting delight. A dramatic film that also has fun, I would recommend The Meyerowitz Stories to anyone looking for a good drama.
Two grown men ponder why they are still fighting for their father's acceptance as they attend a family event in celebration of his work.
Best Performance: Dustin Hoffman
