(Possible very vague spoiler)
This film is way below its actors, most of whom have been superb in one or more other films, and all of whom are good here (biggest surprise may be Blake Lively, who gets to do some real range here). But the story is yet another falling-apart-to-find-yourself, self-consciously quirky sort-of-redemption tale. More than a little predictable, sometimes telegraphically so, and even the clever quips or sight-gags are a little too soft, a little too slow in coming.
Not a bad film, just not one that left me feeling like I'd lived any new or meaningful bit of life. A genre piece, even if the genre in this case is an indie one.
This film is way below its actors, most of whom have been superb in one or more other films, and all of whom are good here (biggest surprise may be Blake Lively, who gets to do some real range here). But the story is yet another falling-apart-to-find-yourself, self-consciously quirky sort-of-redemption tale. More than a little predictable, sometimes telegraphically so, and even the clever quips or sight-gags are a little too soft, a little too slow in coming.
Not a bad film, just not one that left me feeling like I'd lived any new or meaningful bit of life. A genre piece, even if the genre in this case is an indie one.