‘Brian’ Review: Ben Wang Is Endearing as a High Schooler with Mood Swings in Charming Teen Comedy

SXSW: Writer/director Will Ropp's feature directing debut signals a promising voice who captures the angst of a 17-year-old ...

‘Brian’ Review: A Hilarious High-School Comedy With Dark Jokes and Multiple Meltdowns

Whether for relatability, or digestibility, the American coming-of-age genre tends to focus on broadly awkward characters ...

Actor-Turned-Director Will Ropp on Tackling Mental Health Issues in ‘Brian’: ‘The Comedy and Tragedy Is All Mixed Up in a Smorgasbord’

Actor-turned-director Will Ropp talks about tackling mental health in his directorial debut "Brian" ahead of its SXSW premiere.
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Brian review: Ben Wang continues his stellar run in hilariously vulnerable high school comedy

Ben Wang delivers another great performance in Will Ropp's feature directorial debut, a comedy on the complexities of adolescence and adulthood.

'Brian' Review: This Stellar Coming-of-Age Story Is One of the Funniest Movies of 2026 So Far

Brian, starring Ben Wang, is the best film from this year’s SXSW Festival, and one of the funniest comedies of 2026 so far.