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{{Infobox film
| name           = Generation Um...
| image          = File:GenerationUm.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = Mark L Mann
| producer       = [[Jared Ian Goldman]]<br />Alison Palmer<br />[[Caroline Kaplan]]<br />Lemore Syvan<br />[[Cassian Elwes]]
| writer         = Mark L Mann
| starring       = [[Keanu Reeves]]<br />[[Bojana Novakovic]]<br />[[Adelaide Clemens]]
| music          =
| cinematography =
| editing        =
| studio         = Company Films<br>[[Voltage Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Phase 4 Films]]
| released       = {{Film date|2012|07|12|Thailand|2013|05|03|United States}}
| runtime        = 96 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $1.7 million
| gross          =
}}
'''''Generation Um...''''' is a 2012 independent drama film about "a New York City family of circumstance" written and directed by Mark L Mann, and starring [[Keanu Reeves]], [[Adelaide Clemens]] and [[Bojana Novakovic]]. The film was released theatrically in New York City and Los Angeles on May 3, 2013, moving quickly to VOD and DVD.

==Plot==
''Generation Um...'' is an existential day-in-the-life portrait that immerses the viewer in the downtown mindsets of John Wall (Keanu Reeves), a lost soul who's been circling the New York City drain for too long, and the two party girls he spends his birthday with, Violet (Bojana Novakovic) and Mia (Adelaide Clemens), as they look for light in the darker aspects of their "family of circumstance" and the paths their self-destructive lives have taken.

==Cast==
*[[Keanu Reeves]] as John Wall
*[[Adelaide Clemens]] as Mia
*[[Bojana Novakovic]] as Violet
*[[Daniel Sunjata]] as Charles
*[[Sarita Choudhury]] as Lily, the waitress
*Jonny Orsini as Rick
*[[Jake Hoffman (actor)|Jake Hoffman]] as Rob, the wine store guy
*[[Karen Olivo]] as Carrie Hines, the bartender
*[[Ashley Austin Morris]], as girl date
*[[Ruby Lynn Reyner]] as Posse Queen

==Reception==
On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of [[List of films with a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes|0%]] based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 3.2/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/generation_um|title=Generation Um... (2013)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]] score of 25 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/generation-um|title=Generation Um... Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>

[[Justin Chang]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a slapped-together sub-mumblecore exercise that at times suggests a feature-length expansion of 2010′s 'Sad Keanu' meme."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/generation-um-review-1200442233/ |title=''Generation Um'': Review |author=Chang, Justin |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=2012-05-02 |accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref> Stephen Holden of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote in his review, "Just because the characters waste their time doesn’t mean you should waste yours watching them circle the drain."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/movies/generation-um-with-keanu-reeves.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1& |title=To Do: Wander Aimlessly – 'generation Um ...' With Keanu Reeves |author=Holden, Stephen |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012-05-02 |accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1718158}}

[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:2012 drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in New York City]]
[[Category:Films shot in New York City]]
[[Category:Voltage Pictures films]]
[[Category:2012 English-language films]]
[[Category:American drama films]]
[[Category:2012 American films]]
[[Category:English-language drama films]]