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Me and You and Everyone We Know

  • 20052005
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
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7.2/10
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Hector Elias, John Hawkes, Miranda July, Carlie Westerman, Miles Thompson, and Brandon Ratcliff in Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
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A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
37K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Miranda July
  • Writer
    • Miranda July
  • Stars
    • John Hawkes
    • Miranda July
    • Miles Thompson
  • Director
    • Miranda July
  • Writer
    • Miranda July
  • Stars
    • John Hawkes
    • Miranda July
    • Miles Thompson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 264User reviews
    • 156Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 22 wins & 15 nominations

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    Sundance "ME and YOU" premiere Najarra and Jordan Potter
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    Hector Elias, John Hawkes, Miranda July, JoNell Kennedy, Natasha Slayton, Carlie Westerman, Brandon Ratcliff, and Najarra Townsend in Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
    Brandon Ratcliff at an event for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
    Brandon Ratcliff at an event for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
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    Carlie Westerman at an event for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
    Hector Elias at an event for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
    John Hawkes, Miranda July, JoNell Kennedy, Jonathan Sehring, Natasha Slayton, Carlie Westerman, and Brandon Ratcliff at an event for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
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    John Hawkes and Miranda July at an event for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
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    Top cast

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    John Hawkes
    John Hawkes
    • Richard Swersey
    Miranda July
    Miranda July
    • Christine Jesperson
    Miles Thompson
    Miles Thompson
    • Peter Swersey
    Brandon Ratcliff
    Brandon Ratcliff
    • Robby Swersey
    Carlie Westerman
    Carlie Westerman
    • Sylvie
    Hector Elias
    Hector Elias
    • Michael
    Brad William Henke
    Brad William Henke
    • Andrew
    Natasha Slayton
    Natasha Slayton
    • Heather
    Najarra Townsend
    Najarra Townsend
    • Rebecca
    Tracy Wright
    Tracy Wright
    • Nancy Herrington
    JoNell Kennedy
    JoNell Kennedy
    • Pam
    Ellen Geer
    Ellen Geer
    • Ellen
    Colette Kilroy
    • Sylvie's Mom
    James Kayten
    James Kayten
    • Sylvie's Dad
    Amy French
    Amy French
    • Museum Assistant
    Sven Holmberg
    Sven Holmberg
    • Artist
    James Mathers
    James Mathers
    • Teacher
    Kelsey Chapman
    • Sylvie's Friend
    • Director
      • Miranda July
    • Writer
      • Miranda July
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The 1985 Honda Accord Christine drives in the film was July's own car, passed down from her grandmother.
    • Goofs
      While Peter and Robby are singing the hymn to Richard, they walk past the same white picket fence three times.
    • Quotes

      Robby: Say, "You poop into my butt hole and I poop into your butt hole... back and forth... forever."

    • Crazy credits
      Special thanks to The Bertram Family
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Best Films of 2005 (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Where Are We Going
      Written and Performed by Ryeland Allison

      Published by Silver Outlet Music (BMI)

      Courtesy of Silver Outlet Music America

    User reviews264

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    9/10
    Back and forth, forever
    Miranda July's "Me and You and Everyone We Know" might be the most miraculous first fiction feature by an American in 3 or 4 years; it's rivaled only by Andrew Bujalski's "Funny Ha Ha." Christine (July) stalks the recently separated Richard (John Hawkes), who would try anything to impress his kids, and gets third degree burns for his trouble. His elder son, Peter (Miles Thompson) longs for connections that go beyond instant gratification, while the younger Robby (Brandon Ratcliff) gets all the funniest lines, mostly copied and pasted from cybersex chats.

    "Me and You" is about the act of pretending and about performance as life, but first of all it's about extremely likable characters played by likable actors, foremost among them July herself, whose Carole Lombard-meets-Laurie Anderson deep ditz may be a complex stack of masks upon masks, but is more likely just the way she is.

    The movie is notable for what isn't in it - both malice and pain are almost absent. Removing malice - July's world is one in which a kid can safely walk alone through some seedy parts of Los Angeles - is unfashionable, brave and, given the gentle tone of the piece, necessary. But the absence of pain isn't intentional: July would like us to feel the loneliness of the characters. But their isolation is more a trait of their personalities than a source of suffering. In this respect, the movie is perhaps too glossy for its own good. There's one excellent exception, revolving around a granddaughter's photo by an elderly woman's bedside, which becomes a substitute for a shared life that dissolved too soon.

    The scene that everyone picks out is the walk to Tyrone Street. Richard and Christine decide the walk to the intersection will stand in for the relationship they're not having: first the unrelieved joy of being together, then the getting bored with each other, then the fighting and the split. Only they keep chatting flirtily, about whether the walk represents a year and a half or twenty, until they get to the corner, and then we wonder how they can possibly go their separate ways. Although this is as great as anything in the first 75 minutes of "Before Sunset," its emphasis is much more on romantic comedy than the rest of the movie. There are more typical scenes that approach this quality. A goldfish on the roof of a car. A child running his fingers through a woman's hair. A picture of a bird in a tree, in a tree. And the ending, where it seems human actions are motivating the sunrise.

    The scene I consider the finest is a quiet one: Sylvie (Carlie Westerman), a tween spending her childhood preparing for life as a homemaker, gets a gift from Peter: a plush bird. ("It's for your daughter.") It would be unusual merely for depicting a platonic friendship between kids of different genders and different ages. But it's remarkable for crystallizing what it seems every filmmaker is trying to say these days: that there's something to be gained from thinking like a child. Through July's lens, it doesn't seem like a regression: no redundant literalization of fantasy is necessary. The achievement of "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is to show how the mundane moments of our lives can be mundanely transformed by imagination.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 5, 2005 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • IFC Films
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ben ve sen ve diğerleri
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • IFC Films
      • FilmFour
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,885,134
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $30,801
      • Jun 19, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,012,838
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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