On paper Margaret and Nate’s friendship seems odd
verging on highly unlikely. She is a 52-year-old
unmarried woman with an odd sense of style who cannot recall her last relationship
and works in a Coffee Shop for minimum wage whilst she yearns to follow her
dream of being a Stand Up Comic. He is a
19-year Film School Student, gay although he’s never been kissed, let alone
been on a date. They live next door to
each other in a Chicago apartment building and are the very best of friends who
hang out together every spare moment of their time.
verging on highly unlikely. She is a 52-year-old
unmarried woman with an odd sense of style who cannot recall her last relationship
and works in a Coffee Shop for minimum wage whilst she yearns to follow her
dream of being a Stand Up Comic. He is a
19-year Film School Student, gay although he’s never been kissed, let alone
been on a date. They live next door to
each other in a Chicago apartment building and are the very best of friends who
hang out together every spare moment of their time.
Just as it looks like Margaret may have found her
stride and actually be funny enough to get a professional gig in a comedy club,
Nate meets his first boyfriend James who he allows to come between him and
Margaret. James is cute but shallow and
when he rushes Nate into a romance it all backfires badly.
stride and actually be funny enough to get a professional gig in a comedy club,
Nate meets his first boyfriend James who he allows to come between him and
Margaret. James is cute but shallow and
when he rushes Nate into a romance it all backfires badly.
Something bad happens and Nate breaks up with James,
and then falls out with Margaret and the pair find that they are not so inseparable
after all. Or are they?
and then falls out with Margaret and the pair find that they are not so inseparable
after all. Or are they?
This delicate and very touching take on what is
essentially a type of a May to December relationship succeeds so well as the
two characters are beautifully written and genuinely really best friends even
though other people in their lives simply cannot understand how this possibly
can be. The performances by the two
actors are so spot on … young Tyler Ross as the quiet serious Nate, and Natalie
West as the hesitant and awkward Margaret.
(I didn’t recognize Ms. West but I knew that she looked very familiar,
as so she might as she played Crystal in the ‘Roseanne’ TV Series for years).
essentially a type of a May to December relationship succeeds so well as the
two characters are beautifully written and genuinely really best friends even
though other people in their lives simply cannot understand how this possibly
can be. The performances by the two
actors are so spot on … young Tyler Ross as the quiet serious Nate, and Natalie
West as the hesitant and awkward Margaret.
(I didn’t recognize Ms. West but I knew that she looked very familiar,
as so she might as she played Crystal in the ‘Roseanne’ TV Series for years).
It’s a small gentle movie about real friendship and the
work of writer/director Nathan Adloff. It opens this week in NY, BUT the good
news is that it is also On Demand NOW, so if you are in the middle of nowhere
(cinematically speaking) like me, then you can still get to see it. And this quiet wee gem definitely deserves an
audience.
work of writer/director Nathan Adloff. It opens this week in NY, BUT the good
news is that it is also On Demand NOW, so if you are in the middle of nowhere
(cinematically speaking) like me, then you can still get to see it. And this quiet wee gem definitely deserves an
audience.
★★★★★★★★
Labels: comedy. drama
