Synopsis
Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.
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Cast
- Kathryn HahnRachel Biegler
- Paul GiamattiRichard Grimes
- Kayli CarterSadie Barrett
- Molly ShannonCynthia Grimes
- John Carroll LynchCharlie Grimes
- Desmin BorgesSam
- Denis O'HareDr. Dordick
- Siobhan Fallon HoganBeth
- Emily RobinsonCharlotte Grimes
- Tracee ChimoCaroline
Recommandations
- 100
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Jenkins’ writing underlines the fundamental instability at the heart of all our lives, while proposing that most universal of remedies: empathy, love. - 91
IndieWire
Crucially, these characters are so believable that every scene has an internal logic and justifies itself. - 87
Paste Magazine
Giamatti gives one of his surest, simplest performances in quite a while, playing a supportive husband who, we suspect, may not be quite as gung-ho about conceiving as his wife is. And while Carter is very good as a young woman trying to find herself—full of youthful enthusiasm but also provocation—Private Life is mostly a glorious showcase for Hahn. - 83
The Film Stage
A generous, graceful, full-hearted drama about the complexities of desiring a child when your physiology denies you at every turn. - 80
Time Out
The riskiness of [Jenkins'] set-up, one that blooms with complications and rawness, is a thing of adventurous beauty. Her film is a gift to those people who discretely flinch at every dinner party and kid-celebratory anecdote. - 80
Vox
Private Life is an accessible and complex portrait of two people whose ardent shared desire for a child leads them in some unconventional directions, and it’s a joy to watch whether or not you’ve shared their experience. - 75
The A.V. Club
The film’s dramatic core, its vision of what this kind of experience can do to a marriage, is rock solid, because Jenkins explores it with a high degree of specificity, precisely dramatizing her own difficult experiences. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Looked at independently, so many scenes contain something raw or truthful that one understands Jenkins' reluctance to trim.
