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<em>You Hurt My Feelings</em> Is a Hilarious Anxiety Spiral

The film traces a betrayal that’s trivial, comical, and also completely devastating.
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There are no Earth-shattering battles in Nicole Holofcener’s —no vehicular duels to the death, or time-traveling invaders, or portals in the sky, or whatever other epic calamities this summer’s blockbusters will be offering up to cinemagoers. But the stakes still feel apocalyptic. The plot is set in motion when Beth (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a teacher and writer who is working

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