The first thing one needs to know is that the movie has a strong autobiographical element to it. On the DVD, in the 'extras', the writer-director explains that she had similar experiences growing up, some with boys and others with girls, that is what prompted her to make this movie. She is married and has kids, the two little girls who play the same character at age 3 and age 6 are her daughters.
I came across this movie on DVD from our public library. After seeing a couple of Jena Malone movies recently, I wanted to see if I had missed any and this one came up.
Plus we also like Riley Keough. She plays Sarah, a young married woman with a young daughter and a husband that has to be away from home too much for business. Then her old friend visits, Jena Malone as Mindy. At a gathering later they say they have been knowing each other for 17 years so they must have grown up together from their preteen years. They have some low-key time together then Mindy buys a bus ticket to New York. They don't see each other for another three years, when Mindy is getting married.
The movie has all the feel of an independent, low-budget movie. It has a couple of strange scenes that both my wife and I thought were very odd. Some dirty jokes at the pre-wedding party that seemed way out of place for the audience.
Overall both Malone and Keough handle their roles very well but the movie itself is just so-so, a slice of life of two old friends who aren't quite sure if they love each other more than they love their spouses. I suppose things like that happen in real life.
