haracters that in some way all are connected to each other, but not in a way the characters in Crash were, but way more subtle, director Miranda July has made a beautiful collage of regular people struggling with divorce, growing up, love and so much more. Beginning with Christine, the woman in the pink T-shirt, your sucked into her imagination and her way of thinking. Being a bit quirky and looking exteremly sweet, like a young puppy dog, she looks as if she could just have walked out of a romance novel. Played by director Miranda July herself, Christine is looking for affection and when she has found her special someone she falls hard for him. That special someone is Richard, wonderfully played by John Hawkes, who gives a performance that feels very authentic and real. Together Christine and Richard seem the perfect match and you can't help falling in love with their love, if that's even possible. But these are just two of the wonderful characters July has put together. Beside them there are Richard's sons, one a teenager struggling with his parents' recent divorce and the usual stuff teenagers go through, and the other still so innocent and unaware of the unkindness and dark side of the world. Then you also have two girls who are each others best friends and share everyhting together, an elderly couple cherishing their last days, a little girl that acts wise beyond her years and prepares herself for her future which means marriage and having kids, and the owner of an art gallery who needs to learn how to be nicer. Most of my heart went out to Christina and Richard, though, who besides the number of different characters are the main focus of the film and who share this bond together and suck the viewer into a deep love in which word aren't necessary. Beautiful is the moment that they share somewhere near the end of the film where Christine lays her head on Richard's back and holds his hands. It shows just how much you can say without saying a word, just the power of touching each other and make a physical connection. You sometimes forget how just a simple touch from a person can mean so much, but Me And You And Everyone We Know makes you remember.What is it about?
Christine Jesperson, a struggling performance artist and a cab driver for elderly people, is about to make a connection with a man she still has to meet. When one day one of the elderly people Christine drives around takes her out to go shopping for shoes, Christine meets that man, Richard, a young father who recently divorced from his wife and works as a shoe salesman. Having instantly felt a connection, at home lying on her bed Christine dreams of what could be a beautiful love. When she heads back to the shop she and
Richard have a short walk to their cars and chat a bit. Soon thereafter Christine finds Richard is thinking she's moving way too fast since the two have just met and don't know anyhting about each other. Meanwhile Richard's sons, Peter and little Robby, are chatting on their computer and two young girls chat with an older guy on the street, who they think might be attracted to them. Next, the two girls, who are in Peter's class and who gets teased by them, ask the boy for a favour which involves some sexual act, while little Robby goes online again to finish the chat he and his brother had with someone about poop. That someone is a person Christine has also met just recently and in this way the characters in Me And You And Everyone We Know are all connected to each other, while they try to figure out life on their own.Final Verdict: *****
Me And You And Everyone We Know is something very special. It has this movie magic feeling that is quite rare. Watching this film is like watching all these beautiful thoughts go by. You smile, you laugh, you dream, you think. This film is so much about feeling and emotion. It's just astonishing how much I could relate to every character and also quite strange how much you get out off something that is actually kind of simple and altogether not that much. Here you have all these different characters that are like you and me and that could have just lived in your own street and do their everyday things. And I guess that's what make you connect and relate so much and gives you this extreme feeling of satisfaction and completeness. Some characters, especially Christine, act like some people only act in ther minds but never in real life,
which makes for these beautiful movie moments. July, who's own background as a performance artist has obviously helped her a lot in creating this beautiful on screen world, has done an amazing job directing. Never does this film feel too art-like or absurd, which it could have been. But it really stays very open and accessible for a large audience. To capture this film in one word is saying it is pretty or sweet, 'cause that's how you feel when you watch it. This film is one of my friends' favourites and now I know why, 'cause it's one of my favourites as well.
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