Me and You and Everyone We Know

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

There is nothing impressive about the DVD cover. Looking at it, I was not really expecting too much. It looked like something from the early 90s, low budget, and just a tad melodramatic. I decided to gamble on it though because of the blurb at the back which says, "'Me and You and Everyone We Know' is a poetic and penetrating observation of how people struggle to connect with one another in an isolating and contemporary world." I figured, sure I would like to watch a poetic and penetrating observation of how people like myself try to connect with "everyone I know" and some whom I don't.

Let's just say that I am pleasantly surprised. Everything I like in a movie is here. It's intelligent and funny and sensitive and moving, and no it's not melodramatic. I can almost hear my Creative Writing profs lecturing on how it is very much possible to not be sentimental but still convey sentiments. This movie has certainly achieved that. Sure it's not full of beautiful people which I must admit are pleasant to watch, but for this movie, it works. It makes it even more endearing. They could be your next-door neighbors! And you actually start to care for these people! I know, I know, I'm gushing. One other thing, it was actually released in June 2005. That's as contemporary as it can get.

I think I must mention that this movie is written and directed by Miranda July, who also plays Christine, a multimedia artist, one of those doing the struggling to connect thingies. I'll be on the look out for more of her works. Check out this site too: http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=8623