Is This Thing On? 2025

Comedy Drama

Studio	Searchlight Pictures
Blu-ray distributor	Disney / Buena Vista
Release date	Dec 19, 2025
Country	US
Language	English
Runtime	121 min
Rated	R
Technical details	1.66:1

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex seeks new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family — forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex seeks new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family — forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form. (less)

Director: Bradley Cooper
Writers: Will Arnett, John Bishop, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper
Starring: Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Bradley Cooper, Andra Day, Sean Hayes, Ciarán Hinds
Producer: Will Arnett

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, November 5, 2025

“Is This Thing On?” is the third directorial outing for Bradley Cooper, who initially made a splash merging depression and music in 2018’s “A Star is Born.” For 2023’s “Maestro,” Cooper went for style and submersion into the creative mind, making something very awards-ready. His latest aims to be a small-scale story about people, moving away from large budgets and grandiose emotion to deal with the internal churn of a divorcing couple attempting to make sense of their break-up. “Is This Thing On?” is inspired by the life of ex-athlete John Bishop, but Cooper and co-writers Mark Chappell and Wi ...read more...