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While We're Young (2015)

★ 6.0 · 1,188 ratings on TMDB

Life never gets old.

While We're Young poster★ 6.0

An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.

DirectorNoah Baumbach
CastAdam Driver, Adam Horovitz, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Stiller, Brady Corbet, Charles Grodin
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

While We're Young keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

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