‘When You Finish Saving The World’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg’s Wry, Empathetic Directorial Debut Is Delightful [Sundance]
theplaylist.net“Mom, do you think I can be political?” asks teenage YouTube musician Ziggy Katz (a wide-eyed Finn Wolfhard) to his uptight mom Evelyn (the consistently stellar Julianne Moore).
There’s no shortcut to sounding smart, she replies, you have to do the work. Thus begins the uneasy relationship between mother and son in Jesse Eisenberg’s delightfully wry feature-length directorial debut “When You Finish Saving The World.” Adapted from his own audio project, Eisenberg offers sharp — if not original — critiques of the pratfalls of seeking internet fame, well-meaning liberalism, and fraught parent-child relationships among a generational divide.
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