7.19 / 10
After not seeing each other for over 20 years, two teenage sweethearts Jim (Mark Duplass) and Amanda (Sarah Paulson) bump into each other spend 24 hours together. They are both back in their small home town in California - Jim is back in town as his mother has passed away and he got fired from his job in Tucson. Amanda is back in town to visit her pregnant sister.
What starts off as a simple cup of coffee at the Blue Jay cafe to catch up, turns into a full day and night of reminiscing on their childhood and past together, and getting to know each other as the adults they are now.
The more they think of the times they had together, the more their complicated feelings for each other come up, and the more that their current situations in life seem empty. Jim has fallen to bouts of anger and Amanda suffers depression.
Is the past too much to relive again? And is the present worth giving up for your first love?
It is difficult to separate and forget the past. Your developmental years and those whom you spend your time with has a profound effect on the adult will become.
The film is filled with funny, tear jerking, and upsetting nostalgia / "remember when" moments. There are so many really sweet and beautiful moments in the film - the old shopkeeper, them play acting again as adults etc.
The complicated romantic tension shadows the entire film and performances. It is clear from the get go that there is something that tore these two apart, and also a clear reason they were together.
Shot in black and white to give a "timeless" feeling to their meeting again, as if their feelings were trapped in the past also.
The film is weak in terms of set design, wardrobe etc - there is nothing outstanding or special in this regard. Most of the focus is about Duplass and Paulson's chemistry etc. These two actors were really good together, and the dinner/egg noodles scene will make you cry with laughter.
Worth a watch if you want a universe of feelings and complicated relationships squeezed into the form of two former lovers.
After not seeing each other for over 20 years, two teenage sweethearts Jim (Mark Duplass) and Amanda (Sarah Paulson) bump into each other spend 24 hours together. They are both back in their small home town in California - Jim is back in town as his mother has passed away and he got fired from his job in Tucson. Amanda is back in town to visit her pregnant sister.
What starts off as a simple cup of coffee at the Blue Jay cafe to catch up, turns into a full day and night of reminiscing on their childhood and past together, and getting to know each other as the adults they are now.
The more they think of the times they had together, the more their complicated feelings for each other come up, and the more that their current situations in life seem empty. Jim has fallen to bouts of anger and Amanda suffers depression.
Is the past too much to relive again? And is the present worth giving up for your first love?
It is difficult to separate and forget the past. Your developmental years and those whom you spend your time with has a profound effect on the adult will become.
The film is filled with funny, tear jerking, and upsetting nostalgia / "remember when" moments. There are so many really sweet and beautiful moments in the film - the old shopkeeper, them play acting again as adults etc.
The complicated romantic tension shadows the entire film and performances. It is clear from the get go that there is something that tore these two apart, and also a clear reason they were together.
Shot in black and white to give a "timeless" feeling to their meeting again, as if their feelings were trapped in the past also.
The film is weak in terms of set design, wardrobe etc - there is nothing outstanding or special in this regard. Most of the focus is about Duplass and Paulson's chemistry etc. These two actors were really good together, and the dinner/egg noodles scene will make you cry with laughter.
Worth a watch if you want a universe of feelings and complicated relationships squeezed into the form of two former lovers.