A 35-year-old guy gets invited back to his college Alma Mater for a professor’s retirement party. Once there he reminisces about his college life and meets a girl whom he contemplates a relationship with. Starring Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, Elizabeth Reaser, Zac Efron
I love Josh Radnor and I enjoyed his last film Happythankyoumoreplease but this movie left me wanting. Although, it does touch on the feelings that we all have as we grow older. I understand those feelings but I questioned Radnor’s character’s relationship with his professor. Who is that chummy with their professor? I don’t know anyone that chummy with a former professor. It was almost like they were related and not strangers. I don’t even think they were friends. They just knew each other from school. Sorry, but that bugged me throughout the film. It’s a film that leaves you pointless.
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