Hello I Must Be Going

Director: Todd Louiso
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, Christopher Abbott, John Rubinstein, Dan Futterman, Julie White
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance 2012
Running time: 94 mins.
Rating:★★½

Amy (Melanie Lynskey), a recent divorcée who seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein). Demoralized and directionless, Amy begins an affair with 19-year-old actor Jeremy (Christopher Abbott) that reignites her passion for life and jumpstarts her independence.

How could life get worse? Recently divorced, living back home, being woken up by table saws from her parent's house they are remodeling, unsupportive parents, and having old high school acquaintances with seemingly better lives, and stereo-typically Connecticut yuppies at dinner parties. Hiding like a hermit sounds like the best option for Amy. When she meets Jeremy (Christopher Abbott), Amy seems to have met her soulmate or at least someone who can relate to feeling small and insignificant. When it comes to romance, how much does age matters? Is age just a number? Similar to films like Harold and Maude and the Graduate, it discusses the questions, as well as making them: exciting, sexy, and dangerous. For the length of their affair, they are able to help each other deal with their issues, knowing what it's like to feel loved, and to be themselves.

Blythe Danner always seems to have a knack of portraying an uptight, insecure, and yuppie mother. I think the only role, that I've seen thus far, where she has played a power-house, caring, independent woman was in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (hate me if you will for it's one of my guilty pleasures). The artsy-fartsy hipster music score brings the film down and with one of the songs that I have nostalgic love for. Totally ruined!!