"During the awards campaign for , Adam Sandler promised that if he wasn't nominated for an Oscar for the Safdie brothers' film, he was going to come back and "do one again that is so bad on purpose just to make you all pay. That's how I get them." Don't make him do it again. Six years later, he's back with a new awards vehicle, Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly, co-starring Oscar favorites George Clooney and Laura Dern."
"Clooney leads as the titular Jay Kelly, a movie star who realizes how lonely his pursuit of acting has left him. So, he brings his manager, Ron (Sandler), and the rest of his team on an impromptu trip with him to France. "When I look at you, I see my whole life!" his French fans fawn over him as he revisits his past. Looking out a train-car window, he gets existential, "remembering things." "It's like a movie where I'm playing myself," he confides in Ron."
Noah Baumbach directs Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney as Jay Kelly, a movie star confronting the loneliness left by his career. Clooney's character invites his manager Ron (Adam Sandler) and the rest of his team on an impromptu trip to France, where adoring fans and revisited memories prompt existential reflection. Scenes include a train-car reverie and confessions about feeling like he is playing himself. Ron voices skepticism and asserts his own identity, producing interpersonal tension. Adam Sandler returns after a prior vow about Oscar snubs, joining Oscar-favored co-stars including Laura Dern in an awards-minded film.
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