Cast
Production
| Director: | Phil Dorling |
| Ron Nyswaner | |
| Producer: | Neda Armian (producer) |
| Wendy Cox (executive producer) | |
| Brice Dal Farra (producer) | |
| Claude Dal Farra (producer) | |
| Jen Gatien (associate producer) | |
| Lauren Munsch (producer) | |
| Jeremy Newmark (associate producer) | |
| Ron Nyswaner (producer) | |
| Paul Prokop (producer) | |
| Peter Sterling (executive producer) | |
| Writer: | Phil Dorling (screenplay) |
| Ron Nyswaner (screenplay) |
Reviews for Why Stop Now
The A.V. Club
Comedies can be dramatic and dramas can be comedic, but when those elements aren’t deftly infused, the result is neither here nor there, a film lacking in conviction or laughs. Philip Dorling and Ron Nyswaner’s Why Stop Now—expanded from their 2008...
Read review16 Aug 2012
New York Post
“Why Stop Now?” begins with a suburban mom (Melissa Leo) who is a junkie facing a Catch-22 when she tries to enter rehab: She has no drugs in her system at the moment, so the treatment center tells her to go out and get high in order to secure a place.
Read review16 Aug 2012
KamWilliams.com
Eli Bloom (Jesse Eisenberg) is a classical music prodigy who dreams of attending a prestigious conservatory in Boston. The only thing standing in the way of his promising future is the constant distraction of having to care for his 9 year-old sister...
Read review11 Aug 2012
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
PREDISPOSED is certainly a step up for the closing night slot at the Sundance Film Festival. A difficult slot to fill, two years ago, it was done away with entirely to make way for an encore screening of THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, and last year...
Read review30 Jan 2012
External Links
| IMDb.com, Inc.: | www.imdb.com/title/tt1853643/ |
| Rotten Tomatoes: | www.rottentomatoes.com/m/why_stop_now/ |
Articles
IFC Films has released the first trailer for Why Stop Now, previously titled Predisposed. The trailer presents a likeable farce about a piano prodigy (Jesse Eisenberg) who needs to check his drug-addict mother (Melissa Leo) into rehab on the day of his
Brendan Bettinger - 2012-07-04
Reviews for Why Stop Now
The A.V. Club
Comedies can be dramatic and dramas can be comedic, but when those elements aren’t deftly infused, the result is neither here nor there, a film lacking in conviction or laughs. Philip Dorling and Ron Nyswaner’s Why Stop Now—expanded from their 2008...
Read review16 Aug 2012
New York Post
“Why Stop Now?” begins with a suburban mom (Melissa Leo) who is a junkie facing a Catch-22 when she tries to enter rehab: She has no drugs in her system at the moment, so the treatment center tells her to go out and get high in order to secure a place.
Read review16 Aug 2012
KamWilliams.com
Eli Bloom (Jesse Eisenberg) is a classical music prodigy who dreams of attending a prestigious conservatory in Boston. The only thing standing in the way of his promising future is the constant distraction of having to care for his 9 year-old sister...
Read review11 Aug 2012
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
PREDISPOSED is certainly a step up for the closing night slot at the Sundance Film Festival. A difficult slot to fill, two years ago, it was done away with entirely to make way for an encore screening of THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, and last year...
Read review30 Jan 2012
Cast
 | Jesse Eisenberg | ... | Eli |
| Melissa Leo | ... | Penny |
| Tracy Morgan | ... | Sprinkles |
 | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | ... | Black |
| Sarah Ramos | ... | Chloe |
| Emma Rayne Lyle | ... | Nicole |
| Stephanie March | ... | Trish |
| Tanya Wright | ... | Lisa |
 | Kam Dabrowski | ... | Track Star |
| Dean F. Barnes | ... | Big Reenactor | |
 | Jayce Bartok | ... | Nurse Mike |
 | Kevin Cannon | ... | Principle Rehab Junkie |
 | Kai Chapman | ... | Pat |
| Scott Danni | ... | Reenactor | |
 | Harper Dill | ... | Lucy |
 | Neal Huff | ... | Dave Epstein |
 | Wayne Pyle | ... | Construction Worker 1 |
| Nicole Quinn | ... | Receptionist | |
 | Nicole Signore | ... | Pedestrian |
| Logan Strand | ... | Steven | |
| Joseph Basile | ... | Rehab Patient (uncredited) | |
| Duncan Putney | ... | Chloe's Dad (uncredited) | |
| Cameron Scott Nadler | ... | Re-enactor (uncredited) |
Production
| Director: | Phil Dorling |
| Ron Nyswaner | |
| Producer: | Neda Armian (producer) |
| Wendy Cox (executive producer) | |
| Brice Dal Farra (producer) | |
| Claude Dal Farra (producer) | |
| Jen Gatien (associate producer) | |
| Lauren Munsch (producer) | |
| Jeremy Newmark (associate producer) | |
| Ron Nyswaner (producer) | |
| Paul Prokop (producer) | |
| Peter Sterling (executive producer) | |
| Writer: | Phil Dorling (screenplay) |
| Ron Nyswaner (screenplay) | |
| Composer: | Spencer David Hutchings |
| Cinematographer: | Ben Kutchins |
| Editing: | Suzy Elmiger |
| Colleen Sharp | |
| Casting: | Kerry Barden |
| Paul Schnee | |
| Production Design: | Jane Musky |
| Set Decorator: | Ellen Christiansen |
| Costume Design: | Susan Lyall |
| Makeup: | Eldo Ray Estes (makeup artist) |
| Robin Mathews (tattoo designer: Melissa Leo) | |
| Valerie Velez (key hair stylist) | |
| Nicole Wodowski (key makeup artist) | |
| Leo Won (makeup department head) | |
| Mia Neal (hair department head) | |
| Production Management: | Gwen Dodds (unit production manager) |
| Jeremy Newmark (post-production supervisor) |
Companies
| Production Studio: | BCDF Pictures |
| Armian Pictures | |
| Distributor: | Midget Entertainment |
| United States | 17 Aug 2012 |
