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Landline

Landline

Comedy · Drama · 2017

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

Movie details

Landline

“1995. When people were harder to reach.”

2017 Comedy · Drama 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Landline?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gillian Robespierre

Written by

Elisabeth Holm · Gillian Robespierre · Tom Bean

Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate

Dana Jacobs

Abby Quinn

Abby Quinn

Ali Jacobs

Edie Falco

Edie Falco

Pat Jacobs

John Turturro

John Turturro

Alan Jacobs

Jay Duplass

Jay Duplass

Ben

Finn Wittrock

Finn Wittrock

Nate

Marquis Rodriguez

Marquis Rodriguez

Jed

Court is in session

Put Landline on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.