Synopsis
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of their friendship?
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Cast
- Greta GerwigHannah
- Kent OsborneMatt
- Andrew BujalskiPaul
- Ry Russo-YoungRocco
- Mark DuplassMike
- Todd RohalBrian Duges
- Tipper NewtonMinnie
- Kris ReyGaby
- Kevin BewersdorfGuy Who Lays Down
- Ivan AlbertsonStephen
Recommendations
- 80
Film Threat
What really elevates Hannah Takes the Stairs is the truly outstanding performance by Greta Gerwig. - 75
New York Post
How can a movie with such a charming cast (let's not forget Ry Russo-Young as Hannah's female roommate) and believable dialogue (seemingly taken from the actors' real lives) go wrong? It can't. - 75
The A.V. Club
Doesn't rise to the level of Bujalski's breakthrough feature "Mutual Appreciation," mainly because Swanberg doesn't have Bujalski's eye. - 75
Boston Globe
Shot with intentionally banal anti-style - minimal soundtrack music, found sound, jitter-cam - the movie achieves a wisdom that's bigger than it seems. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Like most of the men in the film, we would happily follow her anywhere. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
What defines the slacker-geek twentysomething men and women who wander through Joe Swanberg's too-hip-to-be-romantic comedy Hannah Takes the Stairsis that they treat their libidos as minor accessories -- only to stammer through every casual conversation as if they were on a first Internet date. - 60
Salon
The film's intimacy never feels fake, it's sporadically and unpredictably funny (I didn't exactly enjoy the cacophonous trumpet duet of the "1812 Overture," but I won't soon forget it), and the nonprofessional cast is surprisingly good. - 50
The New York Times
Less notable for its story than for what the movie itself represents: an evolutionary entry in the so-called Do It Yourself (or D.I.Y.) independent film movement.
