While some of Swanberg's early collaborators — most notably Greta Gerwig — went on to become stars, in 2013, he had never worked with actors as widely known as the leads in Drinking Buddies ...

“Drinking Buddies,” Joe Swanberg’s deceivingly jolly, sharply alert romantic comedy, doesn’t just pay homage to those confusing unspoken feelings, but engages in that very opaqueness ...