After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he discovers that her most recent ex is successful novelist Dashiell Frank. Lester begins attending the same group therapy sessions as Dashiell to learn about Ramona's past with him.
Writing
Baumbach's dialogue already sings—precocious, cruel, unmistakably his.
Acting
Eigeman's Dashiell: the platonic ideal of the insufferable literary bro.
Direction
Early proof that therapy sessions are Baumbach's natural habitat.
Director
Noah Baumbach
Eric Stoltz
Lester Grimm, aka Vince
Annabella Sciorra
Ramona Ray
Chris Eigeman
Dashiell Frank
Carlos Jacott
Vince, aka Leo
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Lucretia
Brian Kerwin
Stephen
John Lehr
Lint
Peter Bogdanovich
Dr. Howard Poke
Jose Soto
Club Promoter
Delaine Yates
Ariana
Nico Baumbach
Ex-Boyfriend
Dean Wareham
Music Video Director
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Baumbach was 28 when he made this—roughly the same age as his insecure protagonist, and roughly as precocious.
The 'Vince/Leo' name-swapping gag with Carlos Jacott was improvised, becoming a weirdly touching meditation on identity.
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