SAME AS IT EVER WAS

2013
Some genuinely interesting and unique direction from Stiller. A visual style that so clearly laid the groundwork for what he’d go on to do with Severance, which for my money is one of the best directed TV shows of the decade so far. But this is mostly just a wholesome movie that is quite weirdly written at times (weird as in cliche and boring!) and makes you think “how the fuck is this guy receiving a phone call and playing…