Is this movie a love story, comedy, tragedy? Is there an answer the the questions raised by this movie? Yes and No or is there a maybe answer to these questions raised by this interesting little story. What I see in this movie "story" is people sleep walking through life as we all tend to do most of the time. Then there is Amy who is really alive, living in the moment. Amy is not thinking about the trip around the world or retirement or making money, in the pain that she feels at the loss of love she is more alive than all the other characters. Loosing a love is a "near death" experience, because when it is your time to go "die" you must separate (loose) all your loved ones who must stay behind and carry on in life. So here you have Amy in her misery morning the death of a part of her (and although maybe not consciously) she is more alive than all the other people in the story. The possible exception is Jeremy (the young man "actor") he being an artist. Artist are always more alive, less sleep walking, than the rest of us. Jeremy the artist sees Amy through different eyes, and he see's Amy's passion (all be it in the grief of her loss) and all of a sudden two people who are not sleep waking meet. Both, Amy and Jeremy, finding each other alive and vibrant (all be it for different reasons) they see an opportunity to be with another real, attractive (not sleep walking) person and find and share in the most valuable richness in this world love. As the story progresses from Amy's perspective "mostly" you see that she is just as alive in the warmth of the sunshine of love as she was in the misery of the cold darkness of her morning for the loss of love. The story ends by both of them begrudgingly going back the what is acceptable (by society's standards) which is finding or trying to find some one who is right??? for you, correct age, class, race, religion culture etc. etc.. But somehow knowing and being grateful for their brief summer of love where the shared a waking moment in time. A man and a woman sharing a moment in time in the splendor of love. Oh and yes by the way told as some what of a comedy, because some times big truths can more easily be told in comedy.

I adore Melanie Lynskey as an actress and do believe she was on-point with her performance here, but there's only so much an actor can do with such a clichéd story and script.Playing a recent divorcée, Lynskey plays the all-too-familiar role of the wallflower with no direction, whose complete and utter lack of motivation and sense of self is rescued by meaningless sex with someone she knows will never give her a lasting relationship. It's self- deluded escapism brought upon by a weak resolve and character that ultimately leads her nowhere. At some point she looks at the shallow experience as finding love once again, but the teenager she is sleeping with merely craves the sex and casual pillow talk, never really getting to the meat of who she is as a person.There is a scene where the mother seems unusually cruel and insulting, but thinking about what she said, I agree with her: our protagonist sits around doing nothing but being a leech on her family, capturing the attention of her father at every moment with her selfish behavior. At the end of the movie, she decides to spite her father by running off with her mother, a whole other psychology lesson for another day.I am sure audiences will relate with this: our society isolates us and fosters a lot of depression, and sex is now the most advertised escapism from the pains of life, so why not find some solace in a film that promises us casual sex will lead us to being free from our binds?

"Melanie Lynsky leads a great ensemble of actors giving great performances making the film more compelling even with some faults throughout the film" Stories about olden women falling in love have been told on screen and off screen for so long now that these types of women have a word associated with this type of behaviour however unlike those type of women our main female in this film is different then most of those so called "Cougars". Amy (Melanie Lynsky) is just recently a divorcée who has moved back in with her parents Ruth (Blythe Danner) and Stan (John Rubinstein) Minsky. After many moths of depression Amy after meeting Jeremy (Christopher Abbott) she starts a sexual relationship with him that close people around her start to notice her depression disappearing as her secret relationship with Jeremy blossoms.As I mentioned above stories like the one this film tells have been written so many times they get to repetitive however there is a difference which is that the main character of Amy is very depressed and sad unlike other women who are trying to act younger. The writing of the film flows well through scenes but some lines and scenes written bring the story to a stop as you question the believability of the actions of some of the characters. For example Ruth who seems more critical of her daughter instantly forgives Amy which does not seem realistic to how the character is written. The pace of the film does start slow but once Jeremy comes on screen the story moves quickly which is what you would want to happen.Melanie Lynsky playing Amy is obviously the standout of the film because it is all about her. Her performance is both comedic and dramatic and she plays all those parts of the character very well especially in a scene she shares with Blythe Danner as the two fight because both get to stretch their dramatic skills playing off each other very well. Blythe Danner plays Amy's mother Ruth and while she starts off as a typical mother character Danner just plays the her so well. She may be on screen less then Lynsky but she plays her scenes so well especially when the cracks are visible in Danner's voice which is just her talent she has build up over the years. There are also fine performances from Julie White, Christopher Abbott and John Rubinstein but these three are not given much to do other then say the words.The film is a fine dramatic romantic comedy with typical scenes of love but with a different lead character the film becomes more relate able especially in how the lead character is written. Strong ensemble work from almost everyone playing well off of each other.MOVIE GRADE: C+ (MVP: Melanie Lynsky)

This movie is an important piece about a woman's delayed awakening. Surrounded by a dysfunctional family and a traumatic divorce, she is able to find strength through unconditional love. Although different in many ways, this movie reminded me of 'you can count on me' - if you enjoyed that film, you will likely enjoy this one. It is more light-hearted, but just as real and complex. I think it is an important movie.I would strongly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys independent films touching on the subject of complex family relationships or personal growth. The script is very well written, the acting is superb, and the movie rings true to life in the setting depicted. I found it completely believable and an accurate depiction of a real life scenario.