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Private Life

Private Life

Drama · Comedy · 2018

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.

Movie details

Private Life

2018 Drama · Comedy 2h 4m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.2 / 10

23.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

94 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

83 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tamara Jenkins

Written by

Tamara Jenkins

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Richard Grimes

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn

Rachel Biegler

Kayli Carter

Kayli Carter

Sadie Barrett

Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon

Cynthia Grimes

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

Charlie Grimes

Desmin Borges

Desmin Borges

Sam

Denis O'Hare

Denis O'Hare

Dr. Dordick

Court is in session

Put Private Life on trial.

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

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

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

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

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