Advertisement
Sign in
Username
Password
Remember me
Forgot password?
Wanna join?
Sign up
Find movies you'll love
Home
Movies
People
Groups
Reviews
Podcasts
News
In theaters
Coming soon
DVDs
Trailers
Watch movies
The Puffy Chair (2006)
Want to see it?
Seen it?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Rate this movie.
Want to buy it?
Write a review
Discuss it
Add to lists
Recommend it
Watch trailer
This page requires Flash Player. Get it.
Rent it, watch it, find it
Advertisement
Synopsis & activity
Cast & crew
Reviews
Trailers
Related movies
All reviews for The Puffy Chair
TRUE ADOLESCENTS Review, SXSW 2009
by
Karina
in
Karina on SpoutBlog
liked it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"As filmmakers, Mark and Jay Duplass make naturalistic, character-based comedies that use laughs almost as a part of a bait-and-switch to distract from how far they’re burrowing under the skin. The acting style that makes this method work, embodied by Mark’s starring performance in The Puffy Chair, has been a natural fit for films with similar methods, if different aims; as an actor, it makes sense that Duplass would pop up in lo-fi, highly improvised films like Hannah Takes the Stairs and Humpday. Craig Johnson’s True Adolescents is an example of how that type of closely-observed, behavioral comedy can be wrangled into a comparatively conventional, crowd-pleasing indie film of higher-gloss variety. The result may not be mind-blowingly insightful or particularly creatively inspired, but it’s faced-paced and fun, and it’ll definitely play to the Alamo Drafthouse’s queso and beer crowd — and, if marketed right, to the wider world. Sam, Duplass’ proudly smoking, designer headphone-spo "
[More]
TRUE ADOLESCENTS Review, SXSW 2009
by
SpoutBlog
in
SpoutBlog on spout.com
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"As filmmakers, Mark and Jay Duplass make naturalistic, character-based comedies that use laughs almost as a part of a bait-and-switch to distract from how far they’re burrowing under the skin. The acting style that makes this method work, embodied by Mark’s starring performance in The Puffy Chair, has been a natural fit for films with similar methods, if different aims; as an actor, it makes sense that Duplass would pop up in lo-fi, highly improvised films like Hannah Takes the Stairs and Humpday. Craig Johnson’s True Adolescents is an example of how that type of closely-observed, behavioral comedy can be wrangled into a comparatively conventional, crowd-pleasing indie film of higher-gloss variety. The result may not be mind-blowingly insightful or particularly creatively inspired, but it’s faced-paced and fun, and it’ll definitely play to the Alamo Drafthouse’s queso and beer crowd — and, if marketed right, to the wider world. Sam, Duplass’ proudly smoking, designer headphone-spo "
[More]
Funny Ha Ha - A Review
by
joem18b
in
joem18b Blog
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"First paragraph of a review that I posted last year:"If I'm in the mood for a Western, I want horses. If I'm in the mood for explosions, I go to a Jerry Bruckheimer or Michael Bay movie. In either case, I don't want, say, Max Von Sydow playing chess with Death in some black-and-white hovel on the rocky shores of Sturnnveggloven. In the same way, if I'm in the mood to watch echo-boomer twenty-somethings filming their friends hanging out with each other in small apartments and on the urban stoop and in the homes and basements of their parents and grandparents, none of whom will ever appear onscreen, then for those of you who haven't seen one such film before, this would be mumblecore."My assigned movie, "Funny Ha Ha," would be perhaps the first film in the mumblecore genre. Did I read something somewhere about how frequently, for some mysterious reason, the first in a genre is also the best? Homer, Milton, and Cervantes were mentioned. Could this be true of FHH? Is it the purest, a ... "
[More]
FilmCouch #24
by
SpoutBlog
in
SpoutBlog on spout.com
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"Mumblecore, is it a bona fide movement in filmmaking? Some people believe it is. One thing is certain, for being so far outside the mainstream, filmmakers like Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs), the Duplass brothers (The Puffy Chair) and Susan & Arin (Four Eyed Monsters) have gotten a lot of people talking.
[More]
Sundance 2008: Jay Duplass of B ...
by
SpoutBlog
in
SpoutBlog on spout.com
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"Mark and Jay Duplass made their Sundance debut in 2005 with their critically acclaimed feature The Puffy Chair. This year they return with Baghead, a tale about desperate young filmmakers trying to make a movie. In this interview Jay talks about drawing inspiration from months spent on the festival circuit, and the art of making movies without waiting for the Hollywood machine to catch up. Also on SpoutBlog: Sundance 2008: Greta Gerwig -An interview with Baghead star Greta Gerwig. Jay Duplass Interview Originally posted on:
[More]
Sundance 2008: Greta Gerwig of ...
by
SpoutBlog
in
SpoutBlog on spout.com
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"Greta Gerwig is a well-connected actor in a growing network DIY independent filmmakers (here’s a flowchart). She starred as Hannah in Joe Swanberg’s Hannah Takes the Stairs alongside Mark Duplass. Now Mark and his brother Jay are following up their 2005 Sundance hit The Puffy Chair with Baghead, starring Gerwig. In this interview we talk about living in the woods in Texas, improvised dialog, and the dream of a low-budget indie Victorian period piece. Also on SpoutBlog: Sundance Video: Promotion -Joe and Ronnie follow Greta into a Sundance “gifting” session where accepting a free blow drier has unexpected consequences. FilmCouch #35 -Karina puts the smack-down on Gawker’s “review” of Hannah Takes the Stairs at the New "
[More]
FilmCouch #24
by
paul
in
paul on spout.com
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"Mumblecore, is it a bona fide movement in filmmaking? Some people believe it is. One thing is certain, for being so far outside the mainstream, filmmakers like Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs), the Duplass brothers (The Puffy Chair) and Susan & Arin (Four Eyed Monsters) have gotten a lot of people talking. Download FilmCouch #24 or subscribe in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here to launch iTunes) and a new free episode will download every Friday. Join the FilmCouch group Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul "
[More]
The New Naturalists
by
SpoutBlog
in
SpoutBlog on spout.com
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"Yet another gem from the Silent Movie’s stellar fall schedule that I somehow forgot to mention: The New Naturalists, with Saturdays in December devoted to a handful of works from “America’s new-fly-on-the-wall auteurs.” The Puffy Chair, Mutual Appreciation, Frownland and Old Joy and will be joined by Jennifer Shainin and Randy Walker’s Apart From That. All that, and not an M-word in sight. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog "
[More]
Dentler Takes the Stairs: Mark ...
by
SpoutBlog
in
SpoutBlog on spout.com
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"If you read a lot of film blogs, you might have noticed a virus going around called Dentler Takes the Stairs. It’s all the brainchild of Matt Dentler, who is like the P.T. Barnum of the SXSW Film Festival, and who, by being the first person to program movies like Kissing on the Mouth and Dance Party, USA, has played a huge role in legitimizing this wave of no-budget American indie filmmaking over the past few years. Dentler conducted interviews with the major players in Hannah Takes the Stairs (the Joe Swanberg drama starring Greta Gerwig and filmmakers Mark Duplass, Andrew Bujalski, Kent Osbourne, Ry Russo-Young and Todd Rohal), and asked a number of us film bloggers to each broadcast one of these interviews on our blogs. Matt asked me to carry the interview with Mark Duplass, and "
[More]
The Puffy Chair
by
MovieBabe
in
MovieBabe Blog
hasn't rated it.
Was this review helpful?
[Be the first to tell us!]
"By Tricia Olszewski If you like your relationships just the way they are, for God’s sake, avoid the meandering group road trip. Josh knows this. Therefore, when the 20-something goes online to buy The Puffy Chair’s titular piece of furniture, a comfy purple replica of the chair his father favored back in the day, he plans to pick up the chair solo. The movie, director Jay Duplass’ feature debut, begins with Josh (Mark Duplass, the film’s writer and the director’s brother) and his longtime girlfriend, Emily (Kathryn Aselton), on the eve of the trip, having a giggly, baby-talk-laden dinner—until Josh takes a phone call and goes beyond talking about the business at hand to yakking about setting up some friends. At which point Emily knocks her dish off the table and storms out. Of course, Josh then feels obligated to take her with him. And when they stop to visit Josh’s New Age–y brother Rhett (Rhett Wilkins), it’s decided the part ... "
[More]
Advertisement
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.