How to Be (2008) 5.3
A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach. Director:Oliver Irving |
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How to Be (2008) 5.3
A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach. Director:Oliver Irving |
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Mother
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Powell Jones | ... | |
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Jeremy Hardy | ... | |
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Michael Irving | ... |
Father
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Mike Pearce | ... | |
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Johnny White | ... | |
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Alisa Arnah | ... | |
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Joe Hastings | ... |
Dave
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Biddy Rowe | ... |
Woman at Old House
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Tim Rowe | ... |
Boy at Old House
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Bart Kusse | ... |
Child Art
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Augustin Irving | ... |
Child Father
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Mirabel Kelly | ... |
Woman in Supermarket
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Bernard Kelly | ... |
Landlord
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At first fancying himself an "enigmatic poet", twenty something Art gradually realizes that he must take action if he's going to escape his depressed life as a struggling musician in London. A solution comes in the shape of a book titled "It's Not Your Fault". Not content to just draw inspiration from its pages, however, Art invites the elderly author of the book to come live with him and his parents, which quickly becomes a painfully funny journey about dysfunction and growing up. Written by Anonymous
The funny thing about this film is in the first 3 minutes I'm saying to myself, that's Cedric Diggory, being the ignorant American I am. But after the 4th minute I could see no one but Art, the lovable and pathetic loser who just doesn't know how to get a handle on his life because he has no one to validate his existence. His parents loath him, his girlfriend dumps him, and his new age therapist seems to need Art more than Art needs him in the end. I came home from seeing this movie at Slamdance and described it to someone as "my life, except 20 something, and a guy, and in London, but other than that, EXACTLY my life!" The people I saw it with at Slamdance didn't get it, but they had much more "normal" upbringings. Like I said, I loved this movie because I could identify so much with it, and at the same time it was almost unbearable to watch because I saw so much of myself, the parts I'd rather leave to my own past. I commend the cast and crew for a very funny and heartfelt movie, and recommend everyone watch it with an open mind. It may not be your life, but it was someone's.