Brad's Status

Brad Sloan has everything to consider himself lucky. He lives in suburban Sacramento with his beautiful wife, Melanie, and musical genius son, Troy. The boy is preparing to enter college, and for this he chooses the best institutions in the USA. Brad remembers his youth and realizes that he has achieved much less than his friends from his school days: a Hollywood star, a hedge fund founder, a wealthy entrepreneur and the author of many bestsellers. He is jealous, imagines their otherworldly lives and dreams of the same, thinking that he has not achieved anything. But when Brad actually meets up with his old friends, he wonders: Has Brad really achieved less than them? Read more The film is directed and written by Mike White. This is his second directorial project after the film "Year of the Dog" (2007). Ben Stiller played the main role of Brad. The actor is known for the films "Meeting the Parents" (2000), "Night at the Museum" (2006), "The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty" (2013). The film also starred: Michael Sheen ("Blood Diamond" (2006), "Frost vs. Nixon" (2008), "Midnight in Paris" (2011)), Jenna Fisher ("Giant Mechanical Man" (2011), TV series "The Office", "You, Me and the End of the World"), Jemaine Clement ("Eagle vs. Shark" (2007), "Men in Black 3" (2012), "Real Ghosts" (2014)). The premiere of the film took place on September 9, 2017 at the International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.