This being Eric Fleising's first foray into writing, producing AND starring in his own film, it has no right being as good as it is!
What starts off as just another slacker movie, "Older Every Day" makes a sharp left turn into darker, more serious subject matter and is all the better for it! Eric is very charming as Val, the college drop-out set on writing the next great American novel. Christina Orjalo is a revelation as Val's ex-girlfriend Natalie. The relationship between the two threatens to fall into familiar tropes, but subverts expectations beautifully. Young Jacob Soley does a great job playing both grief-stricken, yet open to his new future with Val and his father Joel (played by Brian J. Coffey).
Were there flaws...sure. There were a few moments where the dialogue could have gone deeper emotionally. I'll chalk that up to the young writer's limited life experience. He's just going to get better as he gets older every day ;).
All that aside, despite the dark subject matter, the film maintains a quirky sweetness, thanks to Fleising's performance. I'll say it again, for a first time effort this movie had no business being this charming.
