The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) is Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama, and you can watch online on iFILM. Grown children of an aging sculptor gather in New York for a show of his work, and decades of resentment surface within minutes.

Harold Meyerowitz has always seen himself as an overlooked artist and never quite figured out how to be a father. His sons keep circling for his approval: jittery, broke Danny, played by Adam Sandler, and successful but frazzled Matthew, played by Ben Stiller. Their sister Jean, a new stepmother and a family habit of wounding each other round out the picture. Dustin Hoffman plays Harold himself, with Emma Thompson as his wife.

Baumbach made the film for Netflix and premiered it at Cannes: a quiet, talky study of how hard it is to forgive your parents and yourself. Adam Sandler turns in a sharp, deeply un-comedic performance that surprised a lot of viewers. Stream The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) online on iFILM.