US EditionBen Stiller's Kids Detail Their Difficult Relationship With Him
Ben Stiller’s documentary explores his parents’ 61-year marriage and his own family struggles, revealing personal reflections and behind-the-scenes insights from their comedy careers.
- On Oct. 5, Ben Stiller premiered Stiller & Meara at the New York Film Festival, a documentary he directed examining his role as a father and son, streaming on Apple TV+ Oct. 24.
- Seeking answers about his parents' marriage, Ben Stiller started the film shortly after Jerry Stiller died in 2020 to understand how their 61-year marriage endured stress and tension.
- Using diaries and taped chats, the film reveals affectionate moments and marital strife, tracing Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara's decades-long relationship filmed in their Upper West Side apartment.
- By including his family, Ben Stiller turns the film into a confession about fatherhood, addressing regrets over cutting daughter Ella from a film and his separation from wife Christine Taylor.
- As a nearly novelistic family portrait, the documentary resonates for its mix of affection and honesty, with reviewers calling it a tender, unexpectedly moving look at Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
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Review: How we remember our parents, and ourselves, is at the heart of Ben Stiller's dreamlike documentary
Ben Stiller's documentary about his parents, the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, reflects on their work and his upbringing as a child of famous people.
‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost’ Review: Ben Stiller’s Enlightening Documentary About His Famous And Funny Parents Turns Into A Family Affair To Remember
A review of 'Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost' which chronicles the lives of Ben Stiller's famous parents and the impact they had on him and his family
Ben Stiller: ‘To have a real relationship with my children now, I feel very fortunate ... because it took me a while’
Stiller, who has devised some of pop culture’s stickiest cinematic moments, honours his comedian parents in a new film which is almost painfully personal
Ben Stiller says new Apple TV film allowed him to ‘process the grief’ of losing his parents
This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine.Comic double act Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara were huge in the 60s. They regularly appeared on the American variety programme The Ed Sullivan Show, while Jerry went on to play the short-tempered Frank Costanza, George’s father, in Seinfeld, and Anne – who died in 2015 – appeared in movies like The Boys from Brazil and Fame. Now, in his documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, actor-directo…
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