‘Poetic License’ Review: Maude Apatow’s Smart & Funny Directing Debut Gifts Mom Leslie Mann With Dynamite Lead Role – Toronto Film Festival

‘Poetic License’ Review: Maude Apatow’s Directorial Debut Is a Bighearted but Frustratingly Aimless Campus Comedy

Leslie Mann plays a woman auditing a poetry class and Cooper Hoffman and Andrew Barth Feldman the students vying for her attention in the TIFF-bowing film.

'Poetic License': Why Maude Apatow Cast Her Mom, Leslie Mann, in Her Directorial Debut

Twenty years ago, a seven-year-old Maude Apatow started her showbiz career with an appearance in her father Judd’s famed comedy “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” Now, she’s making her directorial debut with “Poetic License,” a comedy premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival that stars Apatow’s mother, Leslie Mann. Mann told TheWrap that she had been looking over Raffi Donatich’s script long before she had cast anyone for the film, but the m…

‘Poetic License’ Review: Maude Apatow’s Directorial Debut Makes the Case That Great Coming-of-Age Comedies Run in the Family

Maude Apatow makes her directorial debut on the film 'Poetic License.' Read our review.

Leslie Mann Opened Up About What It Was Like Being Directed By Her Daughter Maude Apatow In Her Directorial Debut, And It’s Actually So, So Interesting

Hearing Leslie and Maude talk about their mother-daughter relationship has me nodding, blushing, and squealing.View Entire Post ›

‘Poetic License’ Review: Maude Apatow’s Smart & Funny Directing Debut Gifts Mom Leslie Mann With Dynamite Lead Role – Toronto Film Festival

Don’t dare call Maude Apatow a mere “nepo baby.” Her winning directorial debut proves she has the chops behind the camera as well as in front (Euphoria), Apatow name or no Apatow name. Poetic License, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in a prime Saturday night slot, is evidence of the emergence of a major triple threat talent (also a producer with Olivia Rosenbloom under their Jewelbox Pictures banner). Th…

Maude Apatow's "Poetic License" - TIFF 2025 Film Review

Leslie Mann, Cooper Hoffman and Andrew Barth Feldman shine in this sophisticated college-set comedy where everyone has something new to learn. The post TIFF 2025 Film Review: Maude Apatow’s “Poetic License” Has Real Verve appeared first on The Moveable Fest.