Listen Up Philip

The ill-advised entrances are perfectly timed, the asides are impressively insensitive, and the patronizing gestures ooze entitled resentment.

...a highly entertaining, unsentimental US indie about the New York literary scene...

The terrific cast all delves intothe material full-bore, which contributes to its peculiar resonance.

The cast brilliantly manage to pick out the beats (hesitation, confusion, silent persuasion) embedded in the ceaseless pitter-patter of Perry's meticulously worded, verbally diarrhetic screenplay.

The film is powered by a voice-over narration delivered in clipped, almost lackadaisical tones by Eric Bogosian, a tactic which places Philip’s vileness in an amusingly everyday context.