In Joe Swanberg's charming but slight follow-up to Drinking Buddies, it's the director's own baby who acts his little socks off
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This festive season Jeff, Kelly and two-year-old Jude will welcome Jeff's sister Jenny into their home. Jenny is acting up after breaking up with her boyfriend. She will bring no presents, she's staying indefinitely and will have no qualms about drinking until she passes out, then relying on big bro to drag her back to his once-peaceful nest.
Joe Swanberg's follow-up to Drinking Buddies is short and slight, but undeniably charming. It has woozy purpose, even if its methods (the dialogue was mostly improvised) and themes eternal adolescence, new parenthood, hook-ups and break-ups aren't exactly new to the director's repertoire.