Is This Thing On? (2025)

Directed by

Bradley Cooper

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 178 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to rebuild his relationship with his ex-wife after a long separation. The film follows their awkward and funny attempts to reconnect.

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What happens

Is This Thing On? is a 2025 American comedy-drama film directed by Bradley Cooper, who co-wrote the screenplay with Will Arnett and Mark Chappell. It is loosely based on the life of English comedian John Bishop, who was given a story credit. It stars Arnett, Laura Dern, Cooper, Andra Day, Amy Sedaris, Sean Hayes, Christine Ebersole, and Ciarán Hinds. Described as a comedy of remarriage, Is This Thing On? premiered as the closing film of the 2025 New York Film Festival on October 10 and was released in the United States by Searchlight Pictures on December 19. It received mostly positive reviews from critics, with the performances of Arnett and Dern and the direction of Cooper singled out for praise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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