As writer, director and star of LIBERAL ARTS Josh Radnor really makes an
impact. In this little gem Radnor is a 30-something academic who, on a
visit back to his alma mater, starts to rediscover his youth in the form
of a fling with the daughter of one of his old professor's best friends
who just happens to be 16 years his junior. Richard Jenkins is the
professor being put out to pasture and Elizabeth Olsen is the girl Josh
falls for and they are both excellent. It's a very romantic rom-com but
it's also smart, intelligent, funny and surprisingly literate and it's
beautifully played down to the smallest part with Zac Efron turning in a
lovely cameo as a spaced-out matchmaker. It's not really the kind of
film that packs the multiplexes which is a pity because this is a
considerable cut above most of the other rom-coms that have come out in
the past few years. It's also a very good New York picture and you
should seek it out.
Thursday, 12 July 2018
LIBERAL ARTS
As writer, director and star of LIBERAL ARTS Josh Radnor really makes an
impact. In this little gem Radnor is a 30-something academic who, on a
visit back to his alma mater, starts to rediscover his youth in the form
of a fling with the daughter of one of his old professor's best friends
who just happens to be 16 years his junior. Richard Jenkins is the
professor being put out to pasture and Elizabeth Olsen is the girl Josh
falls for and they are both excellent. It's a very romantic rom-com but
it's also smart, intelligent, funny and surprisingly literate and it's
beautifully played down to the smallest part with Zac Efron turning in a
lovely cameo as a spaced-out matchmaker. It's not really the kind of
film that packs the multiplexes which is a pity because this is a
considerable cut above most of the other rom-coms that have come out in
the past few years. It's also a very good New York picture and you
should seek it out.
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