Brad's Status

TIFF 2017: Writer-director Mike White fashions another compassionate satire around middle class anxiety.

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Brad's Status is brutally honest and occasionally overwrought.

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As dad obsessed with his son's college applications, Stiller gives 'one of his best' performances in Mike White's smart 'high-anxiety satire'

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Ben Stiller is impressively insufferable in “Brad’s Status,” a bleak comedy from writer/director Mike White about middle-aged angst, class privilege and the topical notion that everyone except you is living a perfect, happy life.

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Like its protagonist, Brad’s Status sheepishly apologizes for its existence.

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Brad’s Status resonates because Mike White clearly sees Brad’s faults but refuses to judge him for them.

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Brad’s Status at its best is genuinely thought-provoking.

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Ben Stiller stars as an anxious father accompanying his gifted 17-year-old son on a New England college tour in Mike White's new film.

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Brad is a guy for whom you cannot fathom actually having anyone in his life that doesn’t hate his guts.

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The perils of social media jealousy are intriguingly explored in this well-observed tale but an inane voiceover and overwhelming sense of familiarity prove distracting.

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Strangely constructed, despite lining up a pretty decent supporting cast, Brad spends most of the film talking to everyone over the phone.

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