Limited release 10/24/14
Viewed at ElCon 11/2014
RT Critic: 69 Audience: 58
Cag: 4 = liked it a lot
Directed by Lynn Shelton
A24 Films
Keira Knightley, Sam Rockwell
My comments: There's something about Keira Knightley that's endearing and real...and she just made this movie. She's a grown-up that's not quite ready to be grown up, and she makes it believable. As much as the storyline seems implausible, somehow I was totally into it. Sam Rockwell was terrific, too. I really enjoyed this movie!
RT Summary: Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan (Keira Knightley) is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart (Mark Webber) proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig (Sam Rockwell). Lynn Shelton, whose unique directorial voice created such astutely observed comedies as YOUR SISTER'S SISTER and HUMPDAY, crafts a sweet, romantic coming-of-age comedy about three people who find their lives intertwined in the most unconventional way as they make through the imperfect realities of modern day life. Keira Knightley shines as Megan, a rare female slacker hero who shows us that while you never stop growing up, you can choose stop lagging, and start living on your terms.
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