Ben Stiller Reflects on 2017 Split in Documentary

In the documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, Ben Stiller candidly recounts his 2017 separation from wife Christine Taylor, saying he felt “out of balance, unhappy and kind of disconnected” from his family. He frames that personal turmoil against the backdrop of his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara’s long, complicated marriage as he seeks to understand how they stayed together. The couple issued a joint statement when they split in 2017 pledging to remain devoted co-parents to their children, Ella and Quinn, and later reconciled after Stiller moved back into the family home during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the reunion publicly acknowledged around 2022. The film, prompted in part by his father’s death, mixes archival footage and family recordings as Stiller reflects on the separation, its causes, and how time and proximity helped them find their way back to each other. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival.