'When You Finish Saving the World' review: Jesse Eisenberg directs a comedy of the smug and clueless
Julianne Moore delivers a surprisingly one-note performance as a shelter worker giving her maternal attention to the wrong teenager.
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Julianne Moore delivers a surprisingly one-note performance as a shelter worker giving her maternal attention to the wrong teenager.
In Jesse Eisenberg’s smart directorial debut, “When You Finish Saving the World,” Julianne Moore plays a Good Person, at least on paper. Evelyn runs a women’s shelter for the victims of domestic abuse and other kinds of horrors. She drives a small, eco-friendly car. She listens to the classical musi
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The heart of first-time director Jesse Eisenberg's "When You Finish Saving the World" is the aching missed connections between mother (Julianne Moore) and son (Finn Wolfhard). They have, they know, so much to be grateful for and yet can't seem to rise above their superficial differences. It's discontented suburban white people, sure, but Eisenberg keeps it fresh, modern and piercing.
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