Synopsis
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
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Cast
- Jenny SlateDana Jacobs
- Abby QuinnAli Jacobs
- Edie FalcoPat Jacobs
- John TurturroAlan Jacobs
- Jay DuplassBen
- Finn WittrockNate
- Marquis RodriguezJed
- Bobbi Salvör MenuezSophie
- Amy CarlsonCarla
- Jordan CarlosRavi
Recommendations
- 91
IndieWire
Landline is a textured, silly, sweet, and deeply felt comedy that traces the distance between the most satisfied parts of ourselves and the most desperate, between the people we are and the people we think we should be, and it finds that — for better or worse — we’re all stuck somewhere in between. - 90
Salon
With Landline, Robespierre once again proves herself to be one of the funnier filmmakers working. Just as important, she proves herself to be one of the more empathetic directors out there. - 80
Variety
Landline is a dramatic comedy about a family full of secrets, and what’s mature — and, in its way, reassuring — about the film is that it views this state of affairs as an all-too-natural one. - 75
The Film Stage
Landline is a film about many things: sisterhood, infidelity, growing up, marriage, parenting, self-discovery, etc. That it manages to have illuminating insights about each, and none feeling like they are taking the backseat, is a feat unto itself. - 70
ScreenCrush
The film is almost as messy as its characters’ love lives, and the early scenes, which take a long time establishing the various subplots, play less like a dramedy than a comedy that could have used more jokes. But the movie gets more earnest and impassioned (not to mention better) as it goes along. - 67
Consequence
Where the narrative is sometimes slack, and the film’s larger purpose left to interpretation after a while, Landline’s great strength lies with its performances. - 67
The Playlist
Unlike “Obvious Child,” Landline plays like a series of semi-successful comic and dramatic scenes, haphazardly arranged into something resembling a story. - 60
The Guardian
The movie itself is a retread of indie story beats we’ve all seen time and again. Slate’s tornado of a central character doesn’t quite overcome the rote aspects of this production.
