I mean, I don’t even like wearing closed-toed shoes.
Can you imagine the winters?
Ugh, hard pass.
Mike Birbiglia in ‘The Old Man and the Pool’.Craig Schwartz
The fact that he will be 56 when his now6-year-old daughteris 19 hit him particularly hard.
The tales that unfold are charming and gripping at times, peppered with occasional cheesy punchlines.
Birbiglia is smart enough to play up those moments, leaning into his dad jokes.
Mike Birbiglia in ‘The Old Man and the Pool’.Craig Schwartz
Written by Birbiglia and directed by Seth Barrish,The Old Man and the Poolis casually endearing and witty.
Birbiglia’s strength is his effortless delivery.
