Apartment Troubles is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Jess Weixler and Jennifer Prediger.[1][2][3][4] The film marks the screenwriting and directorial debut of both Weixler and Prediger.[5]

Apartment Troubles
Directed byJess Weixler
Jennifer Prediger
Written byJess Weixler
Jennifer Prediger
Produced byFelipe Dieppa
Kim Leadford
Daniel McCarney
StarringJess Weixler
Jennifer Prediger
CinematographyDaniel Sharnoff
Edited byArturo Sosa
Music byThomas Bartlett
Production
company
Starstream Media
Distributed byGravitas Ventures
Release date
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Olivia and Nicole share an apartment in New York City, where they pay an illegal sublease to a landlord with whom they have under-the-table arrangement. When Olivia's cat dies, she and Nicole travel to Hollywood to visit her aunt, Kimberly, who works as a judge at American Idol competitor, That Special Something.

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Reception

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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 43% based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 4.3/10.[6] Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media awarded the film one star out of four.[7] Kate Erbland of The Dissolve awarded it three stars out of five.[8]

Geoff Berkshire of Variety called Apartment Troubles "a slight and only mildly amusing buddy comedy".[9]

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter, wrote: "Creative miscalculation rarely gets celebrated so enthusiastically".[10]

According to Michael Nordine of IndieWire, the comedy that he saw was "awry".[11]

References

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  1. ^ Walsh, Katie (March 24, 2015). "Exclusive: Will Forte Gets Weird In Clip from 'Apartment Troubles'". IndieWire. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Kamen, Tory (April 2, 2015). "'Apartment Troubles' Directors/Stars Jennifer Prediger & Jess Weixler on Making a Film With a New BFF". IndieWire. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  3. ^ Sinacola, Dom (March 10, 2015). "Take a Walk-thru of This Exclusive Clip from Apartment Troubles". Paste.
  4. ^ Goldstein, Gary (March 26, 2015). "Review 'Apartment Troubles' only the start of pair's problems". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 26, 2015). "Gravitas Ventures Has 'Apartment Troubles'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "Apartment Troubles". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Chen, Sandie Angulo. "Apartment Troubles". Common Sense Media. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  8. ^ Erbland, Kate (March 25, 2015). "Apartment Troubles". The Dissolve.
  9. ^ Berkshire, Geoff (June 19, 2014). "Film Review: 'Trouble Dolls'". Variety.
  10. ^ Lowe, Justin (June 30, 2014). "'Trouble Dolls': LAFF Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  11. ^ Nordine, Michael (June 26, 2014). "L.A. Film Fest Review: 'Trouble Dolls' Shows You What Happens When Comedy Goes Awry". IndieWire. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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