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On the Rocks

On the Rocks

Drama · Comedy · Romance · 2020

Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.

Movie details

On the Rocks

“Love, suspicion, and one very opinionated father.”

2020 Drama · Comedy · Romance 1h 36m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.4 / 10

39.4K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

86 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

73 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over On the Rocks?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sofia Coppola

Written by

Sofia Coppola

Bill Murray

Bill Murray

Felix

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones

Laura

Marlon Wayans

Marlon Wayans

Dean

Jessica Henwick

Jessica Henwick

Fiona

Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate

Vanessa

Liyanna Muscat

Liyanna Muscat

Maya

Alexandra Mary Reimer

Alexandra Mary Reimer

Theo

Court is in session

Put On the Rocks on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.