Reviews

To start off: this film is aimed at 18-25 year olds. Any other age group will most likely find it krass and very immature.

It follows the story of three homies/bros in NYC, who have decided to stay single out of solidarity for one another, all the while aiming to add girls to their "rooster" (a growing list of girls whom they sleep with in turn). Will they be able to manage? or will one of them start to develop feelings, and lose the challenge? Does anyone really care?

It ends up being very run of the mill and unoriginal. The toilet humor offered a couple laughs (but more the "Why did i even laugh at that" type of laugh), but the leads come across as smug, unrealistic and full of themselves. Michael B.Jordan is the only character worth sympathizing with, as he seems to be the type of person you would account in real life.

The rest are Hollywood glossed over and idealized. Dont use it as dating advice!

I was really impressed by the film, especially with CaseyAfflecks performance , and that the flashbacks to the time when his personal trauma happened, always managed to stay interesting and fresh. I cared about all the characters and wanted to know what happened to them ( obviously a necessity, due to the films length, as it could have easily started feeling tedious otherwise).

If i have one criticism, it would be that i thought the film could have lost 10-20 minutes, so it could have perhaps come to a slightly swifter conclusion.

All in all though, i thought it was a terrific peace of work, and most importantly: I WAS NEVER BORED, which can often happen with a film that takes its time

It takes ten minutes to get used too the slow pace and unorthodox nature of the film, then it becomes a warm bath on a cold winters day which you dont want to get out of.

The film shows us a week in the life of a couple living a seemingly happy and slightly bohemian lifestyle in Paterson, New Jersey. Adam Driver is a bus driver going also goes by the name of Paterson, who writes poetry every day, drawing inspiration from what at first seem mundane conversations on the bus he drives, and also from his lover, played by Golshifteh Fahani, who spends her days painting and making cupcakes. The poetry Adam Driver writes appear on screen in a soft font which is pleasant on the eye, as he reads them out to himself.

The whole film is routed in poetry, and is clearly made by people who love the art form, especially the poetry of William Carlos Williams, whose poems are quoted continually throughout the film. After a while it felt like the films itself was like beautiful poem that you wish would just go on and on. This wasn't only due to the poetic elements, but also down the softly spoken characters and dialogue, the beautifully shot streets and houses and ambling pace of the film. Nothing about this film feels rushed, but at the same time it lingers a lot but never outstays it welcome. The characters are utterly believable, the chemistry between Driver and Fahani tangible and delicate, as they wake up in bed together each morning, signifying a new day.

It drew me in very quickly, and after a short while i relaxed back and let the film cast its soft spell on me, leaving me with a warm fuzzy feeling for hours afterwards.