Simply Perfect

People are voting emotionally.

A Disappointing Continuation

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

There is always the question of whether a naturalistic indie film is essentially a documentary or reality show, or an actual movie meant to entertain. I give credit to the performers for improvising their lines and looking disheveled, as we do in real life, when staying at a cabin and not expecting company.But do we tune in to a movie to escape realism or embrace it? I guess I like it, as long as there is a sufficient amount of drama and/or there is exceptionally interesting dialog. But of course there is a problem with that too. Because most of us don't speak in interesting dialog, so a natural Indie almost needs to portray humans as ordinary and flawed.Well, let's put it this way. I like a natural film portraying interesting people. But the people in this one were not interesting. They all seem unemployed, self-absorbed, and immature for their ages.They also seem quite Godless. Sex requires very little thought beforehand, but plenty afterwards. I guess that's better than little thought at both times.I do like the idea that they go to a place with no T.V. or internet, and must entertain themselves with books, cooking, and conversation. Also, the scenery was attractive, during the few scenes shot outdoors.Why the hell is one sister British and the other is not? They tried to explain that by saying that the dad went through some period of drifting in England. Are they half sisters?Emily Blunt doesn't wear much makeup here. But there is something appealing about her at the grass roots level.I liked the guy. He was quirky without appearing self-conscious. Consequently, he was genuinely funny.It's a simple dialog-based film. I like writer-driven projects. So I will recommend this one to those with patience. But be aware that nothing interesting or profound is spoken.

Iris sends her best friend, Jack, to her family's remote holiday cabin for a break. He is mourning the death of his brother who was also a previous boyfriend of Iris'. When he arrives at the cabin he finds Iris' sister, Hannah, there. They get drunk and have sex, an event which becomes problematic when Iris arrives the next day hoping to develop a relationship with Jack who then discovers Hannah wanted to become pregnant! Interesting plot but the film lacks momentum and doesn't contain sufficient drama or depth of character. The naturalistic dialogue and slow pace fail to produce a realism that appeals.

Sometimes there just isn't an aspirin big enough . . .If you're a love sick, lonely freshman, than by all means rent this with your dorm buddies and talk amongst yourselves in endless clichés about love and limits on love and on and on and on . . .For the rest of us, avoid at all costs.When I read that the actors ad-libbed most of the dialogue, that was all I needed to read in explanations about the dribble. I'm sure it was all meant to be profound, but it just came across as amazingly sophomoric. *** Potential Spoiler ***And what is it about films where some fat slob guy, with virtually no redeeming qualities still has a sharp hotties still want him? I live in the real world and I don't see that very often.

This is a talk movie where there's almost only talking in the movie. I would rate it a 5 or 6, but that's because I saw it when I was not in the mood for a lot of talking, no concentration, not right mind-set. When I would've been, I know I would like this movie much better (hence the 8). I don't give it higher than that because it's a bit over-dramatized and it doesn't have new movie elements. I am someone who really needs some unseen creativity in a movie. Also, sometimes the acting is a bit, well..not good. But somehow I wonder if that's not the director's fault for not letting these scenes be re-acted than the actors' inability, because the acting is sometimes very realistic, probably even real-life-like, uncommon in other movies!