Me and You and Everyone We Know

2005

Action / Comedy / Drama

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 82% · 117 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 38159 38.2K

sibling relationship playground sex talk art gallery separation self mutilation

Plot summary

Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.

Director

Miranda July Photo
Miranda July

Top cast

Brad William Henke Photo
Brad William Henke as Andrew
John Hawkes Photo
John Hawkes as Richard Swersey
Ellen Geer Photo
Ellen Geer as Ellen
Miranda July Photo
Miranda July as Christine Jesperson
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840.86 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.69 GB
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English 5.1
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by riderpridethemovie 6 / 10

Todd Solondz's anima

For those who like alternative for the sake of alternative, Me, You and Everyone We Know is a show-and-tell of all your favourite subjects. Childhood sexuality, suburbia as Hell, McJobs — it's all here, which makes one wonder how alternative these ideas really are if they keep showing up in so many films (Happiness, Ghost World, Welcome to the Dollhouse). The twist here is that the tone is dreamy rather than dark, which may have the reverse effect of making it more disturbing. I suppose any film that makes you think should be commended, but it's difficult to recommend something you have little emotional connection to. There are some admittedly beautiful moments of film-making — director Miranda July certainly understands the power of an image — but the screenplay tries to juggles too many characters. It drops most of them, and keeping one or two balls in the air in the same time is hardly impressive. Most distracting is the performance of July herself as the zany performance artist. Let's call her a hopeless romantic, emphasis on hopeless. She's really less a leading lady and more of a stalker. Maybe some people confuse this character's behaviour with being an artist, but I think it's a matter of a writer/director/actor biting off more than they can chew. Woody Allen could pull this kind of stuff off, and Ms. July is hardly as august a talent. Contrast her work with that of the lead actor, also a bit of a kook, but a kook who brought something charming to his role. Only desperation on his part could bring these two together. Far more interesting was the story of Richard and his sons. July does a great job of capturing the unpleasantness of this neighbourhood and the toll separation takes on children. It makes them grow up much quicker, exposing them to things they might otherwise have avoided. The actors who play the boys and the girls they interact with are the real revelations in this film, which would have been vastly improved had they focused on them instead. Their scenes of discovery, despite the touchy subject matter, seemed genuine. Rather than scarring them for life, the boys seemed pleased to be learning something since their father was never there for them.
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Reviewed by ricky_dry_county 8 / 10

Depends

I'd have given it a 9 (perhaps even 10!) if I had watched it when I was under 21. It is riddled with poignant quirky imperfections that sits beautifully between dull obscurity and mainstream cheese. The cast is phenomenal and you wouldn't have a full moment even though there's not much of a busy plot. The ending is not climactic or revealing but it's 90 minutes well spent. Highlight for me were the 2 teenage girls (especially the shorter one) and their dialogue, reminiscent of Jay and Silent Bob in some ways.

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