Ben Stiller Reflects in AppleTV+ Documentary

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost finds Ben Stiller candidly recounting his 2017 separation from wife Christine Taylor, saying he felt 'out of balance,' like a failure, unhappy and disconnected from his family even as his career thrived. He frames that turmoil against the backdrop of his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara’s long, complicated marriage and says reflecting on them made him worry about repeating their tensions. Taylor says parental baggage and concern about outside perception added strain and called the split 'very loaded.' Prompted in part by his father’s death, the film mixes archival footage and family recordings and shows the couple reconciling during the COVID-19 lockdown after Stiller moved back into the family home. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival and will stream on AppleTV+ with a reported release date of Oct. 17.