"Jay Kelly"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this week's second podcast review, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, and Will Mavity join me to review and discuss the latest film from Noah Baumbach, "Jay Kelly," starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, Alba Rohrwacher, Josh Hamilton, Lenny Henry, Emily Mortimer, Nicôle Lecky, Thaddea Graham & Isla Fisher. The Netflix film follows a friendship between a famous actor (Clooney) and his manager (Sandler) as they travel through Europe and reflect on their life choices, relationships, and legacies. It had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival and received positive reviews for its performances, writing, and direction from Baumbach. What did we think of it, though? Please tune in as we discuss these elements, the themes, cinematography, score, its awards season prospects, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast and this is our review of Jay Kelly.
0:10.1	Jay Kelly. Jay Kelly. And action.
0:22.8	Jay Kelly.
0:25.3	Jay Kelly is a hero of cinema.
0:26.5	Jay Kelly.
0:29.2	What do you say to people who say you and you care yourself?
0:31.3	I think what you do is magic.
0:33.2	You know how difficult it is to be yourself?
0:34.0	You try it.
0:35.1	You make movies.
0:36.4	That's what the world wants from you.
0:37.3	Is that Jay Kelly? You're never alone.
0:38.3	Really? I think I'm always alone. Thanks, I'm. You are. Jay Kelly. We love him. You love him. I work for him. You know I adore you. Carrie Grant. Jake Kelly. I'm just an actor that got famous. Does none of this mean anything to you? to you.
0:53.3	Fuck me.
0:54.3	Are you running to something or from because they got famous. Does none of this mean anything to you? Fuck me.
0:56.2	Are you running to something or from something?
0:59.2	Yes.
1:02.7	Jay Tully.
1:04.2	How can I play people when I don't see people and touch people?
1:18.7	Don't touch people.
1:20.1	All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for Jay Kelly, and the story is as follows.
1:25.8	Famous movie star Jay Kelly and his devoted manager, Ron,
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