This short film, with the lovely acting talents of Robert Downey Jr., Amanda Peet, Tim Roth, and Zooey Deschanel, is a viewer's film. You may like it or not entirely based on what you bring to it, on what you're looking for or open to. Some will like this film simply because they enjoy the acting or even just the aesthetic appeal of one or more of these actors. Some will not like this film because it seems depressing to them. I loved this film because it is an unapologizing display of four people as only human: mixed up and messed up and needy and unkind and loving and forgiving and weak. Like many films for me, this one might have gone either way but for the music- for example the closing song beautifully frames the short and highlights the beauty of such erring humanity. Any way you'd read it, it's worth your time to see.
Review of Whatever We Do
