“Landline” (*1/2 out of four) was a crude, silly comedy set in 1995 Manhattan in which a rebellious teenager (Abby Quinn) realizes her iconoclastic father (John Turturro) is having an affair on her overbearing mom (Edie Falco) and her and her best friend (Jenny Slate) discover drugs and sex for the first time. The type of comedy that virtually cries out for Woody Allen or Robert Altman in their prime. Only Falco seems to be in tune with the movie’s comic whimsy. Hang up on this wrong number.

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