In Reply to: From the very intelligent and talented director, Kelly Reichardt, comes posted by tinear on May 24, 2010 at 08:39:41:
...I've seen in a while. A poor-man's Malick, if you will. No gratuitous voilence, nudity and music cues and cutesy language to tell you how to think and feel - different in a good way.
She got better, I thought, in the jump from "Old Joy" to "Wendy". "OJ" was not my cup of tea; the "time and maturity's effect on a friendship" idea was kinda overshadowed by the spoiled-white-kid-turned-yuppie and slacker characterizations. Those guys get old fast, probably cause they seem to be everywhere (at least on the left coast, that is).
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