I Used to Go Here

Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs) should be happy after publishing her first novel. She's not. The book is not selling well. Her book tour gets cancelled. Her love life had cratered. Her friends are pregnant and moving on. Her old writing professor David Kirkpatrick (Jemaine Clement) invites her to speak at her alma mater. She's staying at a B&B across the street from her former home which houses a new group of student writers.

This is a small indie with a little bit of quirky humorous moments and light weight drama. Mostly, it's elevated by the appealing Gillian Jacobs' charms. It's slow at times and struggles to generate narrative momentum. There is one small section in the middle where it becomes a fun mission. It would be interesting to expand that part. The movie does need to add more to the script. I would change the last line to, "I could have done better. I will do better." It's more affirmative and more directed at herself. Overall, this feels like a second or third draft. It needs some more stuffing to fill up the script.

The pace was a tad slow and I could not really get in to caring what Kate did or said. There were some cute side stories and characters. Many stereo types for the side characters (ie the BnB owner, Tall Brad). Some things just didn't make sense (keys?).

It's not a bad film. I don't mind to see a movie once in a while just about life, nothing fancy. Gilian Jacobs is pretty good as usual and the photography is pretty nice. It is not boring as others stated. Give it a try. Samberg produced it :-)

Uneventful, dull, boring. No plot. Aimless. Honestly don't know what this was supposed to be about or what writer was trying to convey.

I appreciate when a movie has even a faintly casual/mature attitude towards certain controversial subjects, but for the most part, this is your standard, undercooked indie dramedy.