The Get Together

Interesting film that shows you can make a fun movie about young adults without being it full of cussing, drugs and sex. Great characters and a plot that keeps you guessing about where it's going. And among all the craziness, there are some life lessons in there.

Bakke & Riot Studios first crossed my horizon years ago with their fantastic debut, Believe Me, and I've been dying ever since to see what they came out with next. This film did not disappoint me. In some ways, it's less of a film and more a series of three interconnected "short stories" in visual form. But the three interconnecting vignettes were each equally engaging and kept me invested in the characters and their problems throughout the narrative. Add to that some meaningful themes its grappling with related to coming-of-age and passing from the college life to the adult world, and this was a solid film that I rather enjoyed. Time will tell if it's as memorable as Believe Me, but it's a solid film in its own right.

This could be described as the biopic of the millennial. The Get Together attempts to capture modernity without catering to sides any particular ideology. This is indisputably the future of cinema. It is without stardom, without the massive dollars of production houses, and without pandering. There's an honest wandering to the story as an uber driver, a failed musician, and a grad student try to justify their lives in the face of the dying American Dream, and changing norms about adulthood and marriage. Its only shortcoming is that it uses many untrained actors and yet that could also be its highest achievement. Any vague critiques of this film come from the critics inability to appreciate the simplicity of daily life and the cultural moment. 8/10 only because its scope is not large enough to accomplish 10 stars.

The movie is split into different parts and shows young people at a house party among friends who share a mutual past. One girl is moonlighting as an Uber driver and who isn't part of the clique. The dynamics of hanging out, dating, "adulting", and trying to keep each other in the loop are the main nuances of the film. This movie is a good watch if you enjoy the type of easy going party flicks without any depth. The plot is interesting, but don't expect complex thought experiments or deep structures.

I was quite surprised to see the filming location being Austin, TX. Not sure how often that happens in my kodi watchlist and Austin is one of my all-time favorite places and it is great to see this town in a movie.

Whole movie is just boring. Nothing funny about this and nothing interesting. Don't waste your time like I did mine.