Susan Deer Cloud

I did not realize when I started watching "Rewrite" that it takes place almost entirely in Binghamton, NY, and at Binghamton University. I have two degrees from that "public ivy" and ended up living in Binghamton for over thirty years because I married one of my professors. I was delighted by how well the film evoked the area's unique "spirit of place," that place which inspired its native son, Rod Serling, to write the "Twilight Zone". The movie deals with some aspects of academia which I am all too familiar with but don't wish to give away. Suffice it to say, certain scenes made me laugh out loud while making me feel a bit like crying. This is one of those quietly "small" films of deep intelligence and heart. Hugh Grant and all the other actors are simply marvelous.