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Summary This small budget, black-and white-collaboration between writer/director Noah Baumbach and writer/star Greta Gerwig centers on Frances (Gerwig), an apprentice dancer fumbling through post-college life in New York City.
Directed By: Noah Baumbach
Written By: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig
Frances Ha
7.9
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Summary This small budget, black-and white-collaboration between writer/director Noah Baumbach and writer/star Greta Gerwig centers on Frances (Gerwig), an apprentice dancer fumbling through post-college life in New York City.
Directed By: Noah Baumbach
Written By: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 35 Critic Reviews
82
89% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
11% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 35 Critic Reviews
82
89% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
11% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Aug 3, 2013
If films were gestures, this one would be a perfectly timed shrug, with the smile to match.
May 23, 2013
There is no particularly cathartic climax to Frances Ha. Instead there is a more realistic depiction of Frances’ growth. Like Gerwig’s performance, it’s natural, it’s realistic, perfectly believable.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 241 User Ratings
7.9
82% Positive
197 Ratings
197 Ratings
15% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
4% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 241 User Ratings
7.9
82% Positive
197 Ratings
197 Ratings
15% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
4% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
Jul 1, 2025
Before Greta Gerwig struck out on her own to make “Lady Bird,” the first sign of her ascension was “Frances Ha,” which she co-wrote with the director Noah Baumbach. Gerwig also stars as Frances, a woman in her late 20s who is holding onto her youth in a way that is both irrepressibly joyful and deeply immature. Shot in nostalgic black and white, “Frances Ha” is a character study that captures the moment adulthood takes hold.
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Nov 7, 2022
Once again a masterpiece with Greta Gerwig. My only complaint is why is Greta Gerwig not in every movie and what can we do to fix this problem in the movie industry.
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Jun 5, 2013
Funny and touching, Frances Ha may very well be the most eloquent take yet on a generation in flux – a cinematic talk-back to so many Atlantic articles, minus the scolding and the statistics, and uncharacteristically (for Baumbach) uncynical.
May 15, 2013
Gerwig, who previously starred in Baumbach's "Greenberg," is charmingly awkward. And Sumner (Sting's daughter) is an ace with deadpan one-liners.
By Chris Nashawaty FULL REVIEW
May 23, 2013
Gerwig makes us want to believe that in a city where anything is possible, Francis Ha has the last laugh.
May 12, 2013
Noah Baumbach's film feels like too perfect a portrait of quarter-life malady, down to the rushed redemptive endnotes and Greta Gerwig's idealized heroine.
By John Semley FULL REVIEW
May 16, 2013
Aiming for lightness but landing with a thud, Frances Ha is a well-meaning blunder. Director Noah Baumbach’s ode to Brooklyn twentysomething life is a flibbertigibbet fable that, like a self-absorbed flirt you meet at a party, grates on the nerves despite being easy on the eyes.
Sep 2, 2019
Top banter. Tasty visuals. Dream-like. Kylo Ren. Spaciously unsettling. Love it.
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Jul 31, 2023
Fun and engaging enough, the struggles feel real and relatable but the characters don't. Its black and white because ???
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Dec 13, 2017
it's boring, nothing happens, for a "comedy-drama" it's not funny and it's not dramatic, the cinematography is mediocre, greta gerwig's acting is ok, her love story with her best friend is **** because the actresses don't have chemistry at all, everyone is a pretentious hipsters that doesn't actually do anything artistic (or at least it isn't shown), basically it's priviliged white people having to take really normal and basic life decisions ///****///
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Production Company
- Pine District Pictures
- RT Features
- Scott Rudin Productions
Release Date May 17, 2013
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating R
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 8 Nominations
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
