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Hannah Takes the Stairs

  Unrated

Joe Swanberg

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Plot Summary

Over the course of one hot post-graduate summer, Hannah (Greta Gerwig), falls precariously in and out of love. A breaker of hearts and chronically dissatisfied, she finds herself drifting away from her newly unemployed boyfriend (Mark Duplass) and drawn to two of her co-workers, Matt (Kent Osborne) and Paul (Andrew Bujalski). Conceived without a traditional script, this triumph of improvisional acting was born from intimate collaboration between director Joe Swanberg and his cast, which is made up of some of today's most important up and coming indie filmmakers. Alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, and featuring stunning naturalistic performances, Hannah Takes the Stairs is a delicate look at friendship, ambition and the pursuit of happiness that heralds the return of a truly independent form of American moviemaking. From IFC.

Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes

TOMATOMETER

59%
  • Reviews Counted: 46
  • Fresh: 27
  • Rotten: 19
  • Average Rating: 5.8/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Fresh: Hannah Takes the Stairs is notable for what the movie represents: an evolutionary entry in the Do It Yourself (or D.I.Y.) independent film movement. – Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times, Jul 16, 2008

Fresh: Hannah (Greta Gerwig), the peroxided heroine, leaps from one hookup to the next, but is she searching for passion or just treading water? In the new generational film movement that's been dubbed 'Mumblecore,' it's often hard to tell the difference. – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly, Jul 7, 2010

Rotten: Unfocused and indulgent. – Joe Leydon, Variety, Jul 7, 2010

Rotten: Joe Swanberg's film wears out its welcome about halfway through its 83 minutes. – G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, Dec 1, 2007

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Customer Reviews

A REALLY GOOD MOVIE

this film got a lot of attention b/c of the mumblecore movement. it's really good. the performances are great. greta gerwig is amazing! and the directors of FUNNY HA HA and PUFFY CHAIR are in the movie. cool!

:)

Great!

See this movie!

It's really great. Buy it and show everyone :)

Hannah Takes the Stairs
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  • $14.99
  • Genre: Drama
  • Released: 2008

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