Synopsis
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
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Cast
- Nicholas HoultMartin Hallock
- Laia CostaGabi Silva
- Danny HustonLarry Bejerano
- Courtney EatonBlake Beeson
- Matthew Gray GublerPaul
- Pom KlementieffBethany
- David SelbyArtie Hallock
- Amanda SerraJeannie Hallock
- Jessica HenwickJoanne
- Albert Hammond Jr.Roland
Recommendations
- 75
The Playlist
At it’s best, Newness is about how nothing’s really all that new. - 65
The Verge
Newness is a modern love story, where selfies and LTE play a role, but its sweet, wildly optimistic final minutes are something else entirely. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
As a sympathetic look at two likeable lovers who don't know what's good for them, it's enough to give us a rooting interest — even if we're rooting for the two protagonists to accept the consequences of their mistakes and move on. - 50
The Film Stage
Newness attempts to be a prescient look at modern passion, but it ends up recycling the same old tired clichés that invade most sappy cinematic love stories. - 50
Screen Daily
An initially captivating drama that loses steam once predictability starts to take hold. - 50
Variety
The trouble with Newness — and the reason it’s shot in such a clinical vérité fashion — is that it’s a thesis movie, heady and ambitious yet overly thought out. - 42
IndieWire
What value there is to be found is in its cast. Hoult and Costa are charismatic, committed, and totally capable of making it feel as though their characters really can’t see what’s coming. - 40
The Guardian
Surely there is a good movie to be made about caring polyamorous relationships, but as with any romantic story the audience needs to fall in love with the idea of these characters being in love.
