We Go Way Back (2006)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Lynn Shelton

Writer:

Lynn Shelton (writer)

Plot:

A tragic-comic tale with surrealistic tendencies about a lost 23-year-old who is haunted by her disappointed 13-year-old self. |

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Kate Bayley	...	Tessa
Aaron Blakely	...	Jeff
Maggie Brown	...	Kate-at-13
Sullivan Brown
Basil Harris	...	Pete
Russell Hodgkinson	...	Frank
Amber Hubert	...	Kate-at-23
Evan Whitfield	...	Harry
Robert Hamilton Wright	...	The Director

Runtime:

USA:80 min (Slamdance Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Home, Washington, USA

Company:

The Film Company

really funny, which surprised me

I like funny films, and they are a rarity these days. So I wasn't looking forward to this film (my girlfriend was, of course), and so was very pleasantly surprised. Much of the theater stuff--earnest actors and director trying to find a way to make Ibsen "relevant"--was just laugh-out-loud funny. The actor playing the director was perfect (I don't think I've seen him, or any of the others, before). Otherwise, it took me a while to find a way in to the film, as the lead actress was a bit catatonic, but as the film got deeper into Kate's feelings of loss and confusion (and the laughs dried up), I was completely swept into it. Again, perhaps because I wasn't expecting it, that feeling of loss and confusion, and how hard it is to find our own way, just swept over me and I started to cry. Yes, I actually "laughed and cried."