sort of wiggles into the middle, avoiding both the romantic idealism of what major studios release and the romantic nihilism of a thousand dysfunctional love-you-hate-you handheld documents of codependency
Meyer spends a great deal of time building up to the meeting between Emmie and Jason, giving the journey a raw emotional feel not addressed in typical Hollywood films of this nature
is a bit thin compared to an ensemble film like Beautiful Girls, which explored similar themes in another setting heavy on local color. But it works well given its scale, leaving viewers moved but not manipulated
by Caitlyn Collins [Smells Like Screen Spirit ]
