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Riley has been in rehab for eating and several psych disorders. So when she meets ethan, who has issues of his own, they hit it off right away. Riley tells us she knows she's not supposed to have relationships for the first year, but she's already broken that rule. And she's skipping her therapist appointments. Riley seems to be snacking a lot, so she seems to still have the eating and self worth issues. And now that it's been a year, she can date, so she starts up with a co-worker. And ends up kicking ethan to the curb. After a disastrous thanksgiving dinner, can riley make things right with her family, her friends? Even herself? It's good but predictable. One complaint.. a lot of the film is filmed with light so low we can't see what's going on. Directed by brittany snow. One of the two films she has directed.

Its very rare to find a film that does realness right, even to the very end. This film is incredibly relatable whether you've experience BD or not. It does a great job portraying the randomness and awkwardness of life as well as our obnoxious tendencies to self sabatoge. The cast was wonderful. You easily fall in love with the main characters.

I wish Hollywood would get its act together and fund about 100 more films like this one. If we had more movies like this, instead of the cookie cutter, coming of age or romcom films, teens and young adults would grow up much better adjusted.

Very much looking forward to more of Brittany Snow's work. She has an incredibly bright future.

The movie should come with trigger warnings for body dysmorphia and eating disorders. Although Brittany Snow does a wonderful job of representing them, the theme might be too much to deal with for some people.

Okay, now that put aside, the performances in the movie were so beautiful. This kind of theme was elegantly depicted and to think that it was a directional debut certainly shows so much promise. Despite the erratic pacing and passage of time generally thrown at the audience through exposition, after a momentary whiplash, the scene brings you right back into it. I really loved character development of Riley and Nathan and even the minor characters for that matter. The movie did a wonderful job of showing both, what people suffering from mental illness go through and what people who care for them go through. Kudos.

This movie was good and the main actresses performance was brilliant. I liked the subject matter and liked the idea that the movie wasn't linear because healing isn't linear but there were also many plot holes that could've been filled and weren't. How did riley's dad die? Why is her mother the way she is? Why did she respond the way she did to ethan? Did he enable her? These are all questions I feel are unanswered. Raw and emotional but was lacking some substance. Overall, this movie is one i'd recommend but don't totally love. I think if some things were switched it would've reached its full potential.

This has the feel of a bunch of diary entries - too many fleeting moments that are not explained and a bunch of time jumps that leave us guessing.

If they got rid of the goofy and smug therapist played by Gina Rodriguez and Ethan's alcoholic father played by Joel McHale, it may have strengthened the story. Also Celeste Oliva, who played Riley's mother, was so full of disdain and read all her lines without any emotion.

I think Ethan and Riley's situation-ship is worth exploring, but we are pulled away from them too often. It also would have made sense to see how Hunter and Riley's relationship took a turn for the worse. Overall the film has scenes of characters arguing and storming off. Nothing to write home about.