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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.

The elements are there but this is a bad lifetime movie. It's made for people who believe that they are the center of the universe. It's not realistic. Let's stop telling young women that this is reality. No dude will ever be worth your life or your health. If he's asking for all that from you dump him. If YOU are asking for all that from you there are therapists everywhere. Value your mind, value the freedom it can offer you, and only let in people who support that man or woman. Stop watching badly written crap like this. Cast was full of good actors, script was toilet paper. Shame on the writer(s). I'm assuming it was a focus group turd.

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.

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.

Wow, this movie was really amazing and I am extremely picky. I am not good at writing reviews, but I know when the movie is good or bad, and this was a very good movie, not only did I love the subject matter, it felt so raw and so real, and I could actually identify with it, even though I don't have these particular issues, but some people Can feel this way, I have. It can be all consuming, and I love the camera work, the plot the directorial debut by Brittany Snow. The music was impeccable, thank God I was able to use Shazam for some of these songs. But more over this film had some of the best acting, but only by three people, Courtney Thomas and Dave. Who would've thought Dave would be a great actor? I am so impressed. This young lady is going far and of course Thomas already has a flourishing career. The supporting cast was good, but these three really stole the show, well the two main characters Stole the show. Please Hollywood make more movies like this. So touching and emotional and so beautifully well done.