Sophie and Jason are an average cute couple whose lives change dramatically when they decide to adopt a cat. They don't get to adopt the cat, but the simple thought of having to compromise themselves to something that's more or less permanent, is enough to turn their world around. Until the day that they go to the veterinarian, they didn't even seem to consider the future, they lived day to day but adopting Paw Paw makes them realize that they have so many plans in their minds that won't become a reality if they keep living that way and that is when they commence to think about the future, when things go wrong and they start to freak out. The funny thing is that their lives were perfectly fine until they begin to get scared regarding their future. They try to give some kind of direction to their lives and start independent projects to supposedly fulfill their dreams but their so-called dreams are soon killed by their own limitations. This is even sadder when you realize their dreams were quite mediocre (who's lifelong dream is to post videos of be what may on youtube?) they weren't anything if not dull. This is probably what made Sophie throw away what was a perfectly sweet, tender, common relationship. She suddenly got scared and insecure of her own failures. She was incapable of accepting the fact that she failed to fulfill her dream without anything being in the way of its achievement except for herself and she did get in her own way so she decided to carry out a double life in which she's herself and another one in which she's a middle aged girlfriend of a middle class man who lives in an average house and has nothing to worry about but being ordinary and not being herself.
I won't lie. This is one heck of a strange film maybe too metaphysical for my complete comprehension. The fact that the cat plays the part of a narrator might be a bit too much but it is true that the false comedy makes up for all the strangeness. It's engagingly funny and the two main characters are absolutely delightful. She's adorable in her own bizarre manner while he's nothing if not noble, genuine and kind. They both make such a graceful couple.
If I really dig into the film I could maybe squeeze out the conclusion that Jason runs from the parenthood that Paw Paw represented while Sophie got scared at first but later decided to follow her instinct and form a family with Marshall and his daughter. However it seems that the storyline crosses over to the superficial side. There doesn't seem to be a purpose for the cat-puppet to have such a strange voice, the music being intentionally alternative, the couple to be so extremely naive, the talking moon, the lifelong dream of a person being to post videos on youtube, a girl digging a hole to sleep in in her own back yard, and why on earth is Jason able to stop time? And why would Marshall want to meet a woman whose phone conversation clearly depicts her as insane? Anyway it seems all too bohemian this film gives the impression that it's purposely made out to be different from the rest.
I won't lie. This is one heck of a strange film maybe too metaphysical for my complete comprehension. The fact that the cat plays the part of a narrator might be a bit too much but it is true that the false comedy makes up for all the strangeness. It's engagingly funny and the two main characters are absolutely delightful. She's adorable in her own bizarre manner while he's nothing if not noble, genuine and kind. They both make such a graceful couple.
If I really dig into the film I could maybe squeeze out the conclusion that Jason runs from the parenthood that Paw Paw represented while Sophie got scared at first but later decided to follow her instinct and form a family with Marshall and his daughter. However it seems that the storyline crosses over to the superficial side. There doesn't seem to be a purpose for the cat-puppet to have such a strange voice, the music being intentionally alternative, the couple to be so extremely naive, the talking moon, the lifelong dream of a person being to post videos on youtube, a girl digging a hole to sleep in in her own back yard, and why on earth is Jason able to stop time? And why would Marshall want to meet a woman whose phone conversation clearly depicts her as insane? Anyway it seems all too bohemian this film gives the impression that it's purposely made out to be different from the rest.