Poetic License

NEPO BABY EXCELLENCE

carley :)

challengers but now i wanna hug my mom

jess

POETIC LICENSE is an assured directorial debut for Maude Apatow, borrowing a few tricks from her father’s playbook such as a slighter longer than it needs to be runtime, situational comedy dealing with regular funny people, and casting her mother, Leslie Mann, in one of her…

Matt Neglia

I’m so enamored with this movie and amazed by how well it avoids all the pitfalls you’d usually expect from a first time director, especially in a light comedy about young people. Maude Apatow has the goods, but also she has phenomenal stars in Andrew Barth Feldman and…

Katey Rich

I think there were a few areas I expected them to go harder (Ari and his mental health) but I had such an excellent time with this, just a solid comedy. Doesn’t matter how old we get, we’re all just trying to figure out life

Amanda the Jedi

The way Maude Apatow gave her mom a star vehicle better than her dad ever did! No trace of Judd in her direction but instead Linklater and Holofcener. Maude got the juice.

Rendy Jones

can never have two men fighting over a woman without heavy homosexual undertones

claire🦌

Leslie Mann is wonderful here. If it were completely her story I would have liked it more, but I don’t have a good enough reason to spend so much time with these drooling boys. Would have been more impactful at 90 mins. Felt this spinning its own wheels. But it’s charming…

Brother Bro

Maude Apatow's directorial debut is a sweet and funny ode to her mother's comedic (and dramatic!) prowess and nice guy friendships. A more docile and sweet Superbad that you can comfortably watch cross generationally, since the main pursuit of the two friends isn't a quest…

Brian Formo