Greta Gerwig,
Kent Osborne,
Andrew Bujalski,
Ry Russo-Young,
Mark Duplass
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American independent filmmaker Joe Swanberg's 2007 feature Hannah Takes the Stairs concerns Hannah (Greta Gerwig), a recent college graduate who spends one long, unsatisfying summer in the Windy City ... read more
DVD Release Date: April 22, 2008
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October 3, 2008Very few of the characters were compelling enough to make the improvised, handheld, do-it-yourself style work. But Hannah is one of them.
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December 20, 2008This was a painfully awkward movie. It felt very true and in real time so as a result was slow. hannah reminded me of ellen Degeneres. there weren't any real surprises in this film or any incredible laughable moments. The only thing missing from this film was Hannah expressing he... read more
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February 12, 2008I'm just now seeing the movie. I didn't realize how many people I knew that actually had something to do with the movie. it was good.
Critic Reviews
November 30, 2007
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
October 19, 2007
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
[Director] Swanberg nails the inane fun of youth. Full Review
October 18, 2007
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
Chop off a star if you're not up for highly experimental cinema. Full Review
September 28, 2007
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Perfectly encapsulates the slow-motion, frustrated feeling of early adulthood, when longing and inchoate desire easily outnumber actual transformative events and achievements. Full Review
September 14, 2007
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Gerwig proves herself to be a charming screen presence who manages to make her character somehow appealing despite her utter self-involvement.
September 7, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Hannah is charmingly self-absorbed without the extenuating circumstance of self-knowledge. Above all, she's young. The movie forgives her for that and, with occasional misgivings, so do we. Full Review
September 5, 2007
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Hannah (Greta Gerwig), the peroxided heroine, leaps from one hookup to the next, but is she searching for passion or just treading water? In the new generational film movement that's been dubbed 'Mumb... Full Review
August 23, 2007
Jan Stuart, Newsday
The fumbling banalities spouted by the characters belie the prior achievements of the actors making them up. Full Review
August 22, 2007
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
How can a movie with such a charming cast and believable dialogue (seemingly taken from the actors' real lives) go wrong? It can't. Full Review
August 22, 2007
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
Hannah Takes the Stairs is notable for what the movie represents: an evolutionary entry in the Do It Yourself (or D.I.Y.) independent film movement.
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