Day 155: Happythankyoumoreplease

Directed By- Josh Randor

Written By- Josh Randor

Starring- Malin Akerman, Tony Hale, Zoe Kazan, Kate Mara, Josh Radnor, Pablo Schreiber, Richard Jenkins

Critics Review- "There is a sweetness to Radnor's character and to his film. What there is not is a sense of urgency, of a desire to find out what happens next."- Bill Goodykoontz "Arizona Republic"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 40% Audience- 62%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

Ever since hearing/reading that Josh Radnor from one of my favorite shows, was writing a directing his first feature, I jumped at the opportunity to watch it, even though I kind of waited a year to do so. I liked how there were about 3 different story lines that kind of intertwined with each other but at the same time they did not, they were there just help move the story along a little bit more. Each story had you invested on what was going to happen to these characters next, and Radnor did a good job of doing so. I never knew that Radnor could write or direct, but now after watching his first feature film I am looking forward to see what he does next in writing or directing other things.  I was surprised at some of the acting in the film, especially from Tony Hale, who is known for Arrested Development and playing the awkward, less social son of the family but here that was different. It was really cool too see him in a comedy/drama role I was able to see another side of his acting which I really liked and hope to see more of if I can find anything that he is in to show that he has a wider range. Since I do watch HIMYM, I have always known Radnor as Ted and how his character is, since he possibly wrote this character for himself it was really different from what we see on television with his character and that was really cool to see as well since he has not been in that many movies I think he should do more, but have them be drama's as well as a comedy. One person that stood out in the movie was Michael Algieri who played Rasheen in the movie, it was his first movie and he made it seem like it wasn't  The only problem I had is that I wish that it was a little bit long to have more clarity in some of the story-lines that were sort of left unanswered at the the end of the film. This was a good movie that I liked more than I thought I was going too, and if you like any of that actors that are in the film, then give it a watch and I hope you like it.