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Jay Kelly

Jay Kelly (2025)

2h 12m | PG-13

⭐ 0 / 10

Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self discovery confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager Ron.

Director: Noah Baumbach

Studio: Pascal Pictures

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Video: 720p

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Cast

George Clooney

George Clooney

as Jay Kelly

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

as Ron Sukenick

Laura Dern

Laura Dern

as Liz

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup

as Timothy

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

as Peter Schneider

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig

as Lois Sukenick

Reviews

By Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/jay-kelly-review/ "Jay Kelly is a dense and unforgettable drama from Noah Baumbach, where George Clooney's inspired performance reaches a peak of vulnerability, giving life to a man trapped between professional success and personal emptiness. It's a thematically rich story about the tyranny of memory and the high cost of ambition, questioning whether success compensates for lost bonds. With directing, editing, cinematography, and score that transform dialogue into pure intimacy and organically link the past and present, the film is technically and emotionally superb, rejecting the convenient ending in favor of life's bittersweet truth. The only way forward is ahead, learning to love the story that, by choice, became our own." Rating: A