A lovely, delicate wisp of a film, following moments over the course of a year in the lives of a small group of 20 and 30 something friends, and the sickness and death of the oldest among them; their unofficial mentor, a writer who never quite succeeded.
There's no real plot, and the emotions are never intense, but there's a lot of interesting fragments that add together to give a portrait of friends and lovers struggling to grow up and find their place in the world and with each other.
I found I liked it even more on 2nd viewing, the pieces adding up to an even more delicate but emotional experience. Not quite a great film, but a likable, intelligent and admirable one.
There's no real plot, and the emotions are never intense, but there's a lot of interesting fragments that add together to give a portrait of friends and lovers struggling to grow up and find their place in the world and with each other.
I found I liked it even more on 2nd viewing, the pieces adding up to an even more delicate but emotional experience. Not quite a great film, but a likable, intelligent and admirable one.