The Get Together

Interesting film that shows you can make a fun movie about young adults without being it full of cussing, drugs and sex. Great characters and a plot that keeps you guessing about where it's going. And among all the craziness, there are some life lessons in there.

Omg, the 8/9/10 ratings are ridic shills, this indie film by inexperienced nobody producer/writer/director Will Bakke is a wasted effort, should've been released straight to TV via MTV or VH1 given its throw-away teen/YA emo-drama. This past Covid-tainted year has just been a dumping ground of pathetic, unworthy films and it hasn't stopped yet apparently. Just add this to the increasing pile of rubbish.

The movie is split into different parts and shows young people at a house party among friends who share a mutual past. One girl is moonlighting as an Uber driver and who isn't part of the clique. The dynamics of hanging out, dating, "adulting", and trying to keep each other in the loop are the main nuances of the film. This movie is a good watch if you enjoy the type of easy going party flicks without any depth. The plot is interesting, but don't expect complex thought experiments or deep structures.

I was quite surprised to see the filming location being Austin, TX. Not sure how often that happens in my kodi watchlist and Austin is one of my all-time favorite places and it is great to see this town in a movie.

Ok, full disclosure, I went in not expecting much and it definitely was a very pleasant surprise. I guess that's how it is with me, the more hype the tougher I am so this was a extremely cool find.

This could be described as the biopic of the millennial. The Get Together attempts to capture modernity without catering to sides any particular ideology. This is indisputably the future of cinema. It is without stardom, without the massive dollars of production houses, and without pandering. There's an honest wandering to the story as an uber driver, a failed musician, and a grad student try to justify their lives in the face of the dying American Dream, and changing norms about adulthood and marriage. Its only shortcoming is that it uses many untrained actors and yet that could also be its highest achievement. Any vague critiques of this film come from the critics inability to appreciate the simplicity of daily life and the cultural moment. 8/10 only because its scope is not large enough to accomplish 10 stars.