Mr. Jealousy (1997)

Director:

Noah Baumbach

Writer:

Noah Baumbach (written by)

Release Date:

5 June 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Lester is an occasional substitute teacher and he's very jealous. He is jealous about the last boyfriend...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Psychiatrist | Fight | Iowa | Greenwich Village New York City

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Lester Grimm, aka Vince
Annabella Sciorra	...	Ramona Ray
Chris Eigeman	...	Dashiell Frank
Carlos Jacott	...	Vince, aka Leo
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Lucretia
Brian Kerwin	...	Stephen
John Lehr	...	Lint
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Dr. Howard Poke
Vincent Polidoro	...	Young Lester Grimm
Yvette Brooks Grant	...	Paulina
Jose Soto	...	Club Promoter
Delaine Yates	...	Ariana
Nico Baumbach	...	Ex-Boyfriend
Joel Kastelberg	...	Curt (as Joel Castleberg)
Dean Wareham	...	Music Video Director

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #35510) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Joel Castleberg Productions

Trivia:

On The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance marquee that appears in the film, a quote ("a classic") is attributed to G Brown. The critic in question is Georgia Brown, famed Village Voice film critic and mother of writer/director Noah Baumbach.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Numerous occurrences. At one point, not only is the mike visible, the *boom* is visible.

Quotes:

Lester: I'll bet my writing's more of a voice of our generation than his.

Movie Connections:

References Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Soundtrack:

Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

I like these kind of movies

For all of you Whit Stillman fans (Metropolitan, Barcelona, and Last Days of Disco) check out this movie as well as Noah's earlier film Kicking and Screaming. The premise of the movie is very good and it lives up to its title. If you hate the kind of movie where everyone spends the whole movie talking to one another then skip this one because there are not any jokes involving people being kicked in their midsection or everyone's favorite bathroom humor. Instead you have an intelligent comedy that will add nothing of value to your life but will hopefully make you laugh as you examine other peoples neurosis. I think that there is chemistry between Stoltz and Sciorra despite what a previous reviewer said. I also think this film is better than Kicking and Screaming.