The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)

Directed by

Radha Blank

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 116 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A New York playwright and teacher feels stuck as she nears her 40th birthday. She decides to try becoming a rapper, which pulls her life in a new direction.

wrybittersweetintrospectivegroundedenergeticunderstatedhonestself-deprecating

What happens

The Forty-Year-Old Version is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Radha Blank, in her feature directorial debut. It stars Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, and Reed Birney. Loosely based on Blank's own life, the film sees her playing Radha, a playwright and teacher who turns to rapping when she finds herself nearing her 40th birthday. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020, where Blank won the U.S Dramatic Competition Directing Award, and was released on October 9, 2020, by Netflix. It was named one of the ten best films of 2020 by the National Board of Review. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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