Mistress America
“From Strangers to Sisters.”
2015 · 1 h 24 min
Cast
Greta Gerwig 
Lola Kirke Shana Dowdeswell Shelby Rebecca Wong Alfred Macadam 
Amy Warren
Credits
Written by: 
Noah Baumbach
Plot
A lonely college freshman gets pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsister.
Sinekatalog’s take
Noah Baumbach's screwball comedy is fast, funny and sharp, with Greta Gerwig in sparkling form.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (29,836 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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