Quick Review: I’m surprised that a film as creative and as artistically made as this would leave me with so little to say.

My introduction to Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) was from [this review on WFIU](http://www.indiana.edu/~wfiu/wfiu_moviereviews.htm#meandyou). I think I sort of took Peter Noble-Kuchera’s advice when he suggested to “you don’t need my review, just go see it.” I don’t think I actually listened to the review that closely. It’s not often that a reviewer is this effusive about a movie, and it sounded like one that I would probably like.

If I had listened to the review more closely, I still would have wanted to see it. But, having seen it, I don’t know if I’m glad I did. I’m certainly not disappointed. It’s really pretty good. But, I’m just surprised that I don’t have much to say about it.

The story is about love, and I was led to believe by the review that it would offer a different perspective on love than we’re used to seeing on the screen. So, I was disappointed when I felt like it was largely the same “love at first sight” story that we’ve all seen countless times. What is true is that the characters are anything but average hollywood characters, and watching main characters who are this quirky certainly is refreshing. But instead of feeling connected to the characters, I just kind of felt like “those are quirky people.” When I saw [Trekkies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120370/) I came away feeling a strange connection to these people whose quirks would almost certainly turn me off in real life. In this case, the quirks just made me feel something like “Oh, I could deal with them”.

Besides the main love story, there are a couple few subordinate stories that also explore love/sex in the USA these days. The stories are well mingled. Each of them is compelling in its own way. Some of them touch on some disturbing topics, and yet I never felt disturbed (to which I am prone). There are a few scenes in the movie that are very inspired. So… why did I not care about the film any more than I did?

I don’t know. The best description I can think of is that I never felt like I was part of the film. I’m amazed by the ability of film to make me feel like I’m part of some other reality. I never felt part of this film’s reality. I felt like I was watching a movie that someone made. The movie has a lot of great qualities, and very few bad ones, and yet somehow, the whole seemed less than the sum of its parts.