While We're Young

Mid forties childless couple Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts meet a mid twenties couple and find themselves enamoured, even envious, of the younger pair's carefree spirit and adventure. But do they stay that way?

'While We're Young' starts with a satirical examination of the generation gap but soon takes a darker turn when all manner of reality sets in.

The evidence is that this film is as polarising as the gap it portrays. My elder companion loathed the characters and became resentful at the sound of my chortling throughout the early scenes. 'What does Victor find amusing in these repulsive characters?', Cs wondered. I, on the other hand, found the early scenes quite amusing - awful at times, yes - but amusing.

So, you'll like this if you do but you won't if you don't. (The worst form of analytical criticism but one which was effectively the summation of every film review by a nameless Australian critic who once adorned our television screens.)

I like this one because I did.
★★★1/2