Synopsis
An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.
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Cast
- Lake BellCarol Solomon
- Fred MelamedSam Sotto
- Michaela WatkinsDani
- Ken MarinoGustav Warner
- Demetri MartinLouis Parker
- Rob CorddryMoe
- Alexandra HoldenJamie
- Nick OffermanHeners
- Geena DavisKatherine Huling
- Eva LongoriaHerself
Recommendations
- 95
Film.com
In a World… is pretty much a perfect movie, chock full of fun, endless laughter, realistic love and that all-important magical movie ingredient — originality. - 91
The Playlist
While the film is hysterical, its real strength lies in the way it is able to deal with an issue like sexism in the industry and work it out in a funny, honest and very real way. - 90
Variety
To call Lake Bell a magnetic, intelligent, blithely screwball leading lady in the Carole Lombard tradition might be selling her short. With In a World… , a rollicking laffer about the cutthroat voiceover biz in Los Angeles, she proves herself a comedy screenwriter to be reckoned with. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A lively, sometimes very funny comedy. - 80
Village Voice
Bell captures the insularity of certain professional pockets of Hollywood, with all their petty rivalries and backstabbing. But she's sharpest in her exploration of what makes women desire success, and what prevents them from getting it. - 80
New York Daily News
It’s hard to imagine the lives behind the voices that are part of the movies. But In a World ..., the debut feature from actress-turned-writer-director Lake Bell, not only gives the people who do movie voice-overs a closeup, it savvily and wittily uses what we hear as a metaphor for what we are. - 67
The A.V. Club
The movie actually does feature a world — the insular voiceover world — and whenever it strays, it falters. - 63
Slant Magazine
Lake Bell holds the thing together through sheer charisma, and in fact the foibles of the movie only start to show when she absents herself for extended stretches of time.
