Liberal Arts (2012)
4/10
Doesn't quite hit the mark
4 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I always want to give indie movies with a good cast a chance but I was disappointed with this one. Josh Radnor plays a 35 year old who visits his old college and falls for a student.

Josh Radnor has more or less the same expression on his face through the whole movie and can't quite pull off the complexities of the character he has written. Elisabeth Olsen has a charming and winning persona. The romance starts of interesting with the letters on classical music but when they meet up again the encounters feel forced and fall flat. The criticism of Twilight seems a bit petty. The unique way they bonded ends in a predictable way.

The encounter with Alison Janney is quite amusing at first but then the dialog seems to go on too long their last scene. When he finally bonds with the age appropriate Elisabeth Reaser's character it doesn't feel like a feel good conclusion because you don't feel for her character.
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