There’s a version of this character that’s pitched to eleven—the awkward academic forced into trying to keep his family alive despite his inferior skill set—but Driver gives a performance that’s often very subtle even as everything around him is going broad. Gerwig is a little oddly mannered early in the film, but that makes sense for a character who becomes somewhat unmoored before the air around her becomes toxic.
White Noise
Director: Noah Baumbach
Imdb: 6
Dramatizes a contemporary American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.
Cast: Adam Driver as Jack Gladney, Greta Gerwig as Babbette, Raffey Cassidy as Denise, Sam Nivola as Heinrich, May Nivola as Steffie, Don Cheadle as Murray Siskind, Jodie Turner-Smith as Winnie Richards, André 3000 as Elliot Lasherm, Lars Eidinger as Arlo Shell
