a 2020 retrospective article, Nathan Dunne of The Guardian wrote the film is "a charming distillation of 90s slacker posturing and the tedium of a quarter-life crisis." The film premiered in 1995 at the New York Film Festival to critical acclaim. Baumbach was chosen as one of Newsweeks "Ten New Faces of 1996". The Criterion Collection released the film on DVD on August 22, 2006 in the U.S. References External links Reasons for Kicking and Screaming an essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum at the Criterion Collection Kicking and Screaming on MUBI 1995 films American romantic comedy-drama films 1995 directorial debut films 1995 independent films 1990s romantic comedy-drama films Films directed by Noah Baumbach Films set in universities and colleges Trimark Pictures films 1995 comedy films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films