Siflutter
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Bumpy Chip
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
stl4646
Ben Stiller is a fine actor and the young actor who played his son did a great job but I could not shake the feeling I was watching some updated version of Michael Scott from The Office. And that feeling has nothing to do with Jenna Fischer's presence. She's likable as well. The character of Brad made me cringe. More than once I wanted to scream "SHUT UP and stop talking for two minutes. I was happy when this was over. It was depressing.
ravitchn
I suspect not many will find this movie and its "hero" very familiar. But to people like myself, retired from academia, they are very close to home. Brad may not be an academic strictly speaking but his background and choice of vocation are very much like that of a professor or college administrator. He has had a fine education, remembers college with joy and nostalgia, has a loving wife who in the film is rather a nonentity, and a talented young son about to enter college. Clearly his relationship with his son has taken precedence over everything else -- except his disappointments with his achievements when compared to his college friends. He is definitely neurotic in a way very familiar on the academic scene. The only cure for his psychological woes is superficially the success of his son in getting into a first-rate university; but the real cure is his son's wise, even brilliant, explanation at the end that the only thing which should matter to Brad is not what others think of him, not even curiously what his wife thinks of him, but what his son Troy thinks of him. And what does Troy think of him? I will leave this to those who have yet to see the flick. Troy at his age of about 18 has more wisdom in his little finger than all the Ph.D.'s and successful people who plague his dad and give him the tremors. I cannot say I enjoyed the movie but I do say that it had a true spiritual message and a valuable one.
habibibehzad
I really loved it.
One of the best movies i have ever seen.
adonis98-743-186503
A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices. Brad's Status has all the right intentions with the meaning of parenting and all that but the message comes off as boring and bland to a point where viewers will fell asleep. The perfomances aren't exactly bad tho their aren't great either and in the end this is a film that will leave viewers like 'meh i've seen better'. (2/10)
