Apartment Troubles is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Jess Weixler and Jennifer Prediger.[1][2][3][4] The film marks the screenwriting and directorial debut of both Weixler and Prediger.[5]
Plot
Olivia and Nicole share an apartment in New York City, where they pay an illegal sublease to a landlord with whom they have under-the-table arrangement. When Olivia's cat dies, she and Nicole travel to Hollywood to visit her aunt, Kimberly, who works as a judge at American Idol competitor, That Special Something.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 43% based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 4.3/10.[6] Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media awarded the film one star out of four.[7] Kate Erbland of The Dissolve awarded it three stars out of five.[8]
Geoff Berkshire of Variety called Apartment Troubles "a slight and only mildly amusing buddy comedy".[9]
Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter, wrote: "Creative miscalculation rarely gets celebrated so enthusiastically".[10]
According to Michael Nordine of IndieWire, the comedy that he saw was "awry".[11]
