Joshy
Dramatic events continue in the life of a teenager in his last year at the university. But his relationship with his friends is disintegrating. He decided to bring his friends together for the bachelor's degree. The party was noisy and full of wine and many things, but the joyous side did not exist. After the party ended, relations between him and his friends returned to what they were.
19 November 1965, New York City, New York, USA
21 May 1966, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1969, Seattle, Washington, USA
30 March 1957, New York City, New York, USA
10 March 1982, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
August 12, 2016
An accomplished cast boosts this uneven low-budget comedy.
August 11, 2016
Baena delivers a quiet and largely plotless dramedy that walks the line between goofy bro comedy and mumblecore drama.
August 17, 2016
It's a fascinating depiction of the way men do -- or don't -- confront life's tragedies and traumas.
August 24, 2016
Few movies about groups of male friends do such a strong job with the dynamics between individual people and the collection as a whole.
August 12, 2016
"Joshy" is like a weekend with random friends: fun and familiar, but rarely any deeper than the personalities involved. Don't look for more and you'll be fine.
August 18, 2016
Ultimately, Joshy claims to be a story in defense of its main character's right to a story all his own, even though the film never steps away from him long enough to make us consider that this was even a palpable threat.
August 11, 2016
An engagingly perceptive and often darkly funny glimpse at wrestling with issues of adulthood after a life of seemingly endless adolescence.
August 18, 2016
Joshy is perhaps best viewed as a revision of The Hangover, and several other weekend bromances... all too eager to imitate, if not advertise, the illusory notion that senselessly participating in fraternal rites of passage will lead to happiness.
August 11, 2016
Alcohol-induced shambling, cocaine-induced motor-mouthing and mushroom-induced melancholia are depicted with sobering accuracy.
August 17, 2016
It's not a tight effort, but we've seen this permissive style of movie before, and it rarely turns out this well.
August 31, 2016
... Joshy would have succeeded had it felt comfortable enough it its own skin to play out without a third act twist that ultimately derails everything that has been set up.
August 12, 2016
You probably wouldn't want to spend that much time with these people yourself, but at least they're never boring.
