Brad's Status

The success you’ve been searching for may be right next to you.

Brad, a father, has a satisfying career and a comfortable life in suburban California, but it’s not quite what he imagined during his glory days in college. He keeps comparing his life with those of his four college friends, wondering what it would be like to have their well-paying and glamorous jobs. When circumstances force him to reconnect with his buddies, he soon begins to question whether he has failed, or is in some ways the most successful of them all.

102 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, Musical, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

My life feels so empty...

Credits

Cast	Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer, Michael Sheen, Jemaine Clement, Luke Wilson, Shazi Raja, Luisa Lee
Director	Mike White
Screenplay	Mike White
Music	Mark Mothersbaugh
Cinematography	Xavier Grobet
Editing	Heather Persons
Made in	2017
Produced by	Plan B Entertainment, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Frequent, moderate impact, and not disapproved of.
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for language
Runtime	102
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Jon Frosch Stiller's new comedic battle with peer envy.	15
24.com Ilan Preskovsky Your mileage may vary, of course, but to me, Brad's Status is, at very, very best, a substandard ''must try harder.''	5
ScreenIt Jim Judy Good when it might have been great.	12
Metacritic.com 36 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 123 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Brad’s Status transcends its familiar premise with insightful observations and affecting interplay between stars Ben Stiller and Austin Abrams.	16
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	14
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Quirky dramedy has great acting, plus language, drinking.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 24 users	14
Rottentomatoes users 3930 users	12
IMDB 3268 Netizens	13
The Movie DB Community	13
Average .. 65%	13