Beautiful, moving film.

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

They're off on the road to aggravation in this unfunny, annoying, cloying and loud comedy of untied apron strings. What should be "Funny Grandma" becomes "The Way We Weren't", a rushed script that questions why the allegedly picky Babs would choose to let this script go through without changes, seeming more like the Lifetime TV movie "Smothered" (with Diane Keaton) while aspiring but failing to be the touching and triumphant "Only the Lonely", a much better written version of mothers and son's relationships. With a truly dull, uninterested performance by Seth Rogen, this ends up not only truly bad, but unbelievably boring as well.Streisand must have cringed when she had to refer to Rogen as her "Little Donald Trump". She was an amazing comic actress early in her career, and a few of those films really didn't have great scripts, either. Their plots often were absurd, but none were more unbelievable than this story of mother and son on a business road trip. Rogen's motivation for taking her along? To supposedly reunite her with somebody from her past. Her good intentioned interfering is unfunny, and he reacts unnaturally to all of it. There's no redeeming value in this, making it another missed opportunity for a veteran star intermingling with young actors, where the spark is completely absent.

Being neither a big fan of Seth Rogan, talented actor but participant in so many unspeakably bad movies, nor Barbara Streisand, this movie definitely had to overcome some obstacles for me. Which it did, with Rogan in a refreshingly unpretentious role of a son who is trying to deal patiently with his Mom's idiosyncrasies and finding success as an inventor, and Streisand very believable as a too intrusive mom worried about her son's life. They are effectively both trying to fix the other's life, in a good-natured but also slightly naive way. The movie was sufficiently credible to me, while staying light on its feet without engaging in unnecessary comedy (something that seems to put off a lot of people who had this expectation, probably influenced by Rogan's usual role and the marketing) or drawn-out deception entanglements.Heightened spoiler alert... I particularly like the scene Andrew puts it squarely to Joyce why he wants her to come to San Francisco. So many movies would think it's a good idea for the character to keep coming up with some pretense that would explode into his face at some point. Instead he pitches it to her, as badly as he pitches his invention, with a reaction of Joyce that comes across as genuine as well. And then there is the next-to-last scene in SF, which might contain one of the most heart-warming moments in cinema history, just when you thought there would be no catharsis for decade-old feelings (which might have increased the authenticity, but I feel the movie had been lifelike enough to justify indulging in a happy end).Hats off to Anne Fletcher and Dan Fogelman.

I was really surprised at how sweet this little movie is. I don't know why it didn't get better reviews. Rogen plays Andrew Brewster, an awkward chemist trying to hawk a cleaning product (Scioclean) he has developed. Streisand plays his widowed mother Joyce, who spends a tremendous amount of time meddling in her son's life. In an attempt to help Joyce break out of her rut, Andrew suggests they take a Mother-Son road trip across the country together. Unfortunately, that description sells this movie about as well as Rogen's character sells Scioclean. Streisand is very watchable as the chatterbox Jewish mother. She's a fantastic actor, experienced and relaxed, who knows how to sell a scene without being schmaltzy. Rogen is not his usual "hammy" self in The Guilt Trip. He plays the uncomfortably stiff Andrew flawlessly. Mother and son each believe they have the answer to the other's "problems". Like most road trips, they discover more about themselves and each other than they expected.This film is a character study with no real earth-shattering story. If you enjoy films like Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies, The Guilt Trip might appeal to you.

I've watched this movie five or more times over the last year. I love the dialog and except for the motel scene where Joyce swears at Andy I loved the whole movie. It's a simple and real story; the movie feels real to me. Joyce is so annoying yet it's an annoyance based on a mother's love for her son. Seth's love for his mother is also clear and that makes this a touching encouraging story. His constant muttering in answer to his mother's neurotic over concern and busybody actions treating her son like a boy is hilarious. Joyce doesn't have a clue how to treat Seth like an adult. His flippant remarks are never mean spirited, besides, you can't help but being driven nuts by Joyce's constant prying. Seth grows up during the hard experience of almost failing to sell his brilliant creation and being broke. When he is finally able to extract the wisdom of Joyce from all her annoying chattering, the light turns on and he appreciates Joyce in a new way. I like a happy ending and the new appreciation Joyce and Andy have for each other and for themselves. Andy succeeds in his dream and Joyce has closure with a 30 year old heartbreak and now they can move forward. As a very ordinary person I can relate to their dreams.