Will Arnett delivers humour and heart in brand new look at Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’

When we hear that Bradley Cooper is back in the director’s chair it’s a reason to celebrate, and seeing him team up with comic star for what can only be felt as an unexpected project from the two of them with the warm and moving comedy-drama Is This Thing On? makes for a film that we can really get behind.

Watch the brand new trailer for Is This Thing On? below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.

Celebrated Hollywood star steps behind the camera once more for Is This Thing On?, and in uniting with comic star Will Arnett he delivers something radically different in a movie that almost feels like a throwback to the cinema of the mid 1990s or early 2000s, and there’s a lot going on in Is This Thing On? and this is shaping up to be a very clever watch for audiences.

Looking deeper into the subject matter of this film, and its exploration of marriage, divorce, parenthood, family and love, it feels like Cooper has dug from a very personal place to bring this story to life, and that there’s almost an element of catharthis present in this story that he’s looking to explore to a more fuller range with what he presnets here in Is This Thing On?.

As a space for Arnett to explore his dramatic chops, Is This Thing On? is perfect space for the actor to play in and by my reckoning I think audiences are going to be in for a real surprise with this one, and with it’s narrative layering, subtle comedic and dramatic depth, Is This Thing On? is going to be something unepcted for audiences.

Delivering laughs and heart, Is This Thing On? will arrive in cinemas soon.

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