Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) is a quirky film, and not always comfortable to watch in its quirkiness. While I can't say it is bad, I also can't say that it is really good either.
Miranda July wrote, directed and costars in this indie piece, a love story between two lonely people who find each other as kindred spirits. But, the question is, whether they can accept that they care about each other. July plays Christine, a performance artist, and John Hawkes plays Richard who is recently separated and has two kids.
The story lines involving the two kids, and two teenage girls in the area, are perhaps the oddest parts of the film, and the most uncomfortable, with sexual situations between adults and kids. Not that anything comes to fruition, in fact the film is pretty clear that it is a bad thing. But it is just...un-com-for-table.
The main characters of Richard and Christine are a bit squirmy too...not your usual romantic comedy fare. And while I value originality, they just felt odd to me.
Me and You and Everyone We Know is altogether a bit too odd for me to really enjoy it. Though original, I just could not really connect to the story or the characters.
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