"As noted through casual meta-jokes, About Alex is essentially The Big Chill for a new era: a group of college friends spend a weekend together rehashing the past after one of their own attempts suicide. The meta-ness ends at the passing references to the film’s familiarity though (“This is like one of those ’80s movies,” one person says at one point). From there on out, About Alex falls into the traps associated with its subgenre. Jesse Zwick’s script (Zwick also directed) is laboriously constructed to the point where the summer home the gang goes to feels like it has more personality and well-worn history."
Monday, August 25, 2014
Review for "About Alex"
I recently wrote this Way Too Indie film review for the lightweight indie dramady About Alex, about old college friends getting hung up about the past. Here is an excerpt:
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