Katie Kelley – Google

I was SO excited to watch this, as I grew up in the 80’s and many of the films these people starred in are still my favourite films - St Elmo’s Fire, Breakfast Club, literally anything with Ally Sheedy… But damn this was uncomfortable to watch. The fact that none of them are friends and Andrew McCarthy basically tracked them down - it felt…weird. I think the fact that all of these people other than McCarthy have had incredibly successful A-list careers (Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, etc) makes it even more sad. The whole movie felt like a grab at why his career didn’t work out and everyone else’s did. It was very weird and not at all what I was expecting. Only giving two stars because the potential was there but McCarthy’s insistence on focusing almost solely on himself was the nail in the coffin. Not great.

I think people don’t appreciate intelligent, thoughtful, philosophical films anymore. They just are trained to expect explosions and cgi. This movie is absolutely lovely. I enjoyed every single moment of it. It was beautifully written, it felt so real and authentic in the conversation, the two main (really, only) actors had so much chemistry and you felt like they had known each other forever. The cinematography was gorgeous, and lent the feeling of these two being kind of the only people in the world (which they were to each other.) Meg Ryan was delightful and funny, David Duchovny was charming and also funny. The film explores not just lost love, but how older people reckon with their lives, their choices, and the person they’ve become. It’s about so much more than a romance. It’s paced well, it’s quiet and thought-provoking, and just a really good film. Truly I think people who hated this film don’t know what good film is.