Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Brad William Henke, Brandon Ratcliff, Carlie Westerman, Ellen Geer, Hector Elias

'Me and You and Everyone We Know' is a poetic and penetrating observation of how people struggle to connect with one another in an isolating and contemporary world. Christine Jesperson is a lonely art...( read more  read more... )ist and "Eldercab" driver who uses her fantastical artistic visions to draw her aspirations and objects of desire closer to her. Richard Swersey (John Hawkes), a newly single shoe salesman and father of two boys, is prepared for amazing things to happen. But when he meets the captivating Christine, he panics. Life is not so oblique for Richard's seven-year-old Robby, who is having a risqué internet romance with a stranger, and his fourteen- year-old brother Peter who becomes the guinea pig for neighborhood girls -- practicing for their future of romance and marriage.

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  • September 29, 2009
    At first sight it may seem like a pretentious indie film, typical of what you might expect from a video artist. Well, it is and it?s not. I don't think its pretentious at all, it?s a really quirky and quite touching story about interwoven lives of slightly broken people, trying t...( read more)o fix themselves and each other. Nothing truly original but one of the best in recent years!
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  • June 21, 2009
    This is one of the most special and endearing movies I've seen in a long time.
  • April 17, 2009
    Multifaceted and quirky film with a great humbling feel. The film just comes right out and says "we're all fucked up" so let's stop hiding it. John Hawkes finally gets a decent sized role as an awkward father/shoe sales man. He starts the film by setting his own hand alight. It's...( read more) a great act of rebellion against his ex-wife and a completely inappropriate way of reaching out to his two children. The film is absolutely filled with oddballs and each of them finding acceptance, usually from the people they least expect. It's humour is often a tad "wrong" but also very funny. If a 6 year old boy talking about pooping back on forth on an internet chat room isn't funny, then what is? It mixes honesty with peculiar fantasy and it brings great big smirkiness.
  • December 28, 2008
    "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is exactly what an independent film should be. It's artsy but not pretentious, daring but not offensive, and sophisticated yet almost naive in it's narrow-minded view of the world. Although the film is at times a bit meandering, writer/director M...( read more)iranda July deals with fascinating subjects and it makes for an extremely insightful two hours.

    I could see a lot of people being offended by this film, and it almost upsets me. There is a lot of sexual content with minors involved - one pre-pubescent boy helps a much older woman exercise her sexual fantasies in cyberspace, and another adult man leaves dirty notes on his window about what he'd like to do to the two teenage girls he had previously met. It's important to note that this material isn't disgusting, it's funny. And more importantly, it's very realistic. The child copies and pastes just about any sexual word he doesn't know (poop seems to be the only word he is confident in spelling), and the adult's reaction when the teenage girls are ready and willing is so truthful that it'll make you both wince and chuckle. This is a film that is unafraid of taking risks because Miranda July is so astute with her observations and charmingly profound in her outlook on life.

    Richard (John Hawkes) is a shopping mall shoe salesman who is recently divorced. He has partial custody of his two children, six-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff) and teenager Peter (Miles Thompson). In one of his first acts in the film, he sets his hand ablaze in an effort to win their affection. "Darn", he thought, it was rubbing alcohol that burns up without burning you. His hand remains bandaged the rest of the film.

    The other main character is his pursuing love interest, Christine (writer/director Miranda July). She, a performance artist, is working on completing a sort of variety show video to submit to a modern art museum. Christine and Richard eventually meet, and go as far as fantasizing their entire life together on one walk down a street that seems like a scene right out of a Richard Linklater film.

    The two adult leads are incredibly charming and refreshing. However, it's the children that are remarkable. Brandon Ratcliff, who spends the majority of the film discussing poop with an aroused internet friend, is both adorable and entirely human. The scene near the end where he finally confronts his online friend is one of the sweetest things I have seen on film in quite some time. Miles Thompson, who has a very awkward yet wonderful scene with two teenager girls practicing oral sex on him, has a constant look of bordem that reflects how relentless and confusing his stage of life is.

    If you're a fan of writer/director Todd Solondz, this is certainly for you. In content, it's sexual situations are remarkably similar, and July's writing is also not far off. There's a scene with a goldfish on a car that's doomed to die, and I almost saw it as fitting right into "Palindromes". The goldfish never had a chance and it's destiny was set, much like many of the characters in this film (like the girl with the "hope ches") have mapped their entire lives out for themselves.

    "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is so charming because of it's bubbly outlook on life and it's tight embrace on weirdness. All the characters in this film do things that would be completely unrational for an adult mind. This quirkiness actually feels authentic, unlike many similar small budget indie films who desperately try to appeal to that twenty-first century hipster crowd. There are some uneven moments here and there, and sometimes I felt like it was trying to say too much - but as a first effort, Miranda July's film is incredibly refreshing. We need more films just like this one.
  • August 6, 2008
    a little self consciously quirky but very funny and sweet. the kids were adorable and the ending was perfect. we'll go everywhere even tho we're scared
  • December 26, 2009
    Loved it! Is there really any more to say more about this movie than ))><(( ?
  • December 7, 2009
    Loved it, what can I say? Some films are just special, you know? And I'm slightly in love with Miranda July, so there you go...
  • December 5, 2009
    "You and Me and Everyone We Know" is strangely awesome. Its just so wierd and flinty. It possibly took itself a bit seriously, but its really pretty capitivating. The storyline are varied and interwoven- that is something that I always like. Personally, I didn't think all of the ...( read more)acting was that great, but it passes. The characters are all oddballs, but they are also human enough to really be plausible and they can still be related too. Its certainly not one of the best of its genre, but its fun and flinty and enjoyable to watch. I really reminded me of Happy-Go-Lucky which is one of my favorite movies. So, its a good movie to watch and enjoy. Laugh and little and move on.
  • November 13, 2009
    È sempre una sofferenza vedere questo film, perché Miranda July mi ricorda troppo me, forse.
  • October 24, 2009
    Someone else on Flixster said it better than I ever could:
    "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is exactly what an independent film should be. It's artsy but not pretentious, daring but not offensive, and sophisticated yet almost naive in its narrow-minded view of the world.

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