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I thought this movie was great. The dialogue is really funny. It's witty and current - the cacao scene was over the top! The plot has enough curiosities to keeps you engaged - its not a highbrow thriller, it provides just enough plot to give the characters something to do and move the show along.

The supporting characters are all ridiculous and entertaining. For an ensemble cast, there's still just enough focus on each character for them to stand on their own and not be forgettable.

Some pretty heavy hitters in this film - fulk designs, skywalker sound, etc.

It can be a touch cliche and tropey at times, and there are a few plot threads left unexplored, but I enjoyed it overall.

I streamed this soley because of the very high 7.1 rating. Too ad the ratings must be fake because this movie is horrible.

It's tediously slow and not anchored in any reality whatsoever.

The characters are cardboard curouts at best. Nothing real there either Ten minutes in I was border out of my mind.

I've noticed there are a lot of these movies being released lately. Very cheaply made and directed like a TV movie from the 70's and that's not a compliment.

I had a very hard time getting through the film. Just wasnt into the sotory or the phony poorly drawn characters.

I sure do wish something could be done about phony reviews.

Wealthy people 'adopt' a struggling(financially and emotionally) couple and show them how the wealthy live(terribly) . The non rich couple are entralled by the lavish living until they realize how miserable the wealthy really are and happily escape back to their normal lives, which at the beginning of the movie are mired in mediocracy, at best. The lesson, I guess, is that living a lavish life is no better than living a life of mediocracy This theme is old, predictable, and limp as an over cooked noodle. There is no joy in this tedious movie, that is supposed to be funnny, I guess.

Humor...forget it. There isn't any.

None of the characters are interesting enough to pick this movie off the floor and give it any resonance. It just plods along, with most of the characters either openly or secretly, reviling the other characters, though even that emotion is so muted as to be meaningless....which should be the title.

I have sympathy for the actors who are given nothing to work with.

Movie location - three/four/five years ago, this region had weird wildfires that burned wineries and took out hundreds of houses. It is great this film captures the beauty that remained and is regaining in Sonoma County California.

The actresses are fun to watch on screen - they are entertaining as flappers. The plot has a little tension, as a viewer considers what will culminate from the plot swings one might anticipate. But what a viewer might expect at the coming climax is creatively passed on to an elegant simple conclusion.

The conversations are garish examples of some of the chat that - on occasion - can actually occur in Sonoma / Napa. So the parody was kinda entertaining. The lead "Jack" is well played by the show runner.

Pretty, weird, funny, beautiful farce - spin up with skill and levity. So happy to have encountered this film.

Such a funny movie - walked into the theater grumpy AF and walked out smiling after belly laughing for almost two hours. The two female leads are the standouts - JJ Nolan is mesmerizing and a very hilarious/psycho and Britt Rentschler is like THE BEST wing woman and I want to hang with her in SIlverlake or a music festival immediately. Director Kestrin Pantera brings her indie film maven dominance to this film - with insane party scenes that create the perfect opportunity for these fab actors to really roll up their sleeves and get SUPER MESSY. Loved it. Great weekend hangover film FOR SURE. Highly Recommend!

While this movie has a lot of heart, I laughed out loud through most of it! The characters are so unique and funny! My heart went out to Lindz and Jack because they had no idea what they were getting into when they accepted the invitation to vacation with people who are so rich they have lost touch with reality, but not with the same human problems that tie all the classes together. I rooted for Lindz and Jack and really wanted them to come together in the end (no spoilers!). Overall, this movie is so entertaining and I will definitely watch it multiple times - it's just that good! It's "Bridesmaids" funny!

I get that this movie won't necessarily resonate with everyone but it hit nearly every single button with me. Pretty Problems is about average, struggling student-debt-saddled Millennials growing older, and feeling lost this is about expecting romantic relationships or sex or money to make you happy, this is exactly what rich LA people are like - I mean the person who wrote this film clearly had some kind of experience (as I did) of being poor or middle class in LA but crossing over in worlds randomly with the ultra-wealthy.

I read some sociology thing one time about how this phenomenon is unique to Los Angeles as a city, compared to other US cities, maybe to all the cities in the world. There aren't any really tight or strong class barriers. It is possible to go away for a weekend at a wine tasting or yoga retreat and there will be celebrities or multi-millionaires mixed in the group. I feel like even some upper middle class people in Los Angeles act this way, though in Pretty Problems they are literally billionaires who can afford anything (including an entire brewery distributor).

I laughed out loud so, so many times during this movie and there are so many memorable one liners. There's even a reference to the Hotel (LA) season of American Horror Story "Bolivian marching powder" in the first 20-30 minutes. I'm still amused by the fact that Milton apparently does not actually exist.

I usually scroll my phone while I watch movies but luckily I left my phone in another room when I started this movie because so much of the humor is physical comedy - stolen glances, sudden shifts in eye contact or body language serve up the punchlines to really hit.

Don't laugh too long or you'll miss the next remark, which will also be a funny one!

Love the smart humor, and the thoughtful, relatable, underlying message to appreciate your life, and the people in it, with love.

The main characters are the most relatable, and the rest of the cast is off the walls funny. If you're looking for a fun lighthearted film, with smart humor and a grounded feel good message that isn't cheesy, this is the one!

Had NO idea what to expect when I tuned into this movie. It didn't take long before I was finding myself impressed by this movie. A story about class distinctions, and about happiness,

I was intrigued right off the bat by the two main protagonists, Lindsey and Jack. A married couple seemingly washing up on the rocky shores of boredom and perhaps dissatisfaction with their relationship - and their lives.

When an unusual woman enters the store where Lindsey works, things take a turn. An unusual friendship is struck up, and Lindsey and Jack are unexpectedly invited to a weekend in the country, where they find themselves the guests of some very rich people.

The screenplay, written by Britt Rentschler and Michael Tennant, who star in the movie, is terrific. No wasted words. Everything helps to move and communicate the story. It's entertaining, and engrossing. The surreptitious looks between the protagonists also communicates to us, the viewers, their discomfiture and embarrassment. And their comfort with each other.

Things only get more complicated as the weekend away progresses, with situations that astound and fascinate Jack and Lindsey, but only serve to increase their own sense of inadequacy.

The predicaments are uncomfortable, but they're also funny. Some are VERY funny. The roles of Jumping Jack (Michael Tennant) and Lindsey (Britt Rentschler) are SO terrifically well played, pulling off just about every scene with understated finesse and terrific comedic timing.

The weekend just gets odder and stranger as these two string along in the swirl of a very monied milieu. And while the people seems impossibly strange, it's all somehow very plausible, and it works. As the film careens along, dormant fault lines crack open between Jack and Lindsey, and they seem to get further apart.

Too far apart to stay together? There's a lesson to take away from this weekend away. Very much worth the watch to find out!

Ripe with potential gushy gush, let's cut to the cheese: Pretty Problems seizes the class differentiation and marital sneeze smorgasbord with its clusters of dry jammy juicy and spicy.

Written, directed and acted with giggly panache, there was one ironic characteristic about Pretty Problems I'm not sure I could say about any other movie: Thank God I watched it streaming on a laptop, in bed next to my wife who had already seen it. Because I was laughing so hard and so often it would have ruined a theater screening unless it was a laughter yoga crowd.

The rewind 10 seconds button had a record setting number of punches, after the cheek wipes and OMG fits had subsided.

Just binged The White Lotus and it would make a fine pairing for this deliciously persnickety weekend of what happens when the posh pool and the couple poo collide in Sonoma's wine country.

Congrats - so bright and pink!

What a delight. Living in the Bay Area, about an hour from Sonoma, I recognized many of the characters in my day-to-day life in the movie. The out of touch tech millionaires, the miserable corporate grunts (that's me), the drunk sorority girls, check! Let's not forget the shaman. As far fetched as the plot is, the characters are weirdly relatable, even the ultra rich when they're being level and vulnerable (Matt in the pool). The dialogue is current, and some of the banter felt so real, like I'm listening to a conversation at a neighborhood bar.

The movie reminded me of Crazy Rich Asians, but for white people. Some of the critics pointed out the lack of diversity, but that's precisely what it's like in the rich circles of Marin/Sonoma counties.

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this movie buried deep in my Hulu recommendations. If you're looking for a witty escape comedy, this is your movie. I will definitely be re-watching it. Finished it an hour ago and still have a smile on my face. So much so, I'm compelled to write my first ever IMDB review!