So much average

Best movie ever!

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Me and You and Everyone We Know "functions" in a jillion ways: It's good narrative, visually exciting, bristles with powerful symbols, and invites you to explore the n-squared+ connections between those symbols.I recently mentioned to a ESL student the brilliant wordplay in "Through the Looking-Glass", where (if memory serves) the Duchess "treats" Alice to a tidy little aphorism, "Take care of the Sense, and the Sounds will take care of Themselves." This is a stupendously ingenious mutation of "Take care of the Pence, and the Pounds will take care of Themselves".Hard to believe, but I think Miranda July has created a swarming hive of chaotic Sounds that result in the Sense taking care of *itself*. If I'm right about that, then it's an Easter miracle, if I'm any judge at all.And I haven't even mentioned the production values. Suffice that they don't get in the way of the above. The right people exerted themselves to make sure the product gets mainlined right into the ol' vein.Check it out! ))<>((, y'all!

Miranda July made this movie. She also stars in it, she might be the main character I think, although there is a lot of main characters. This movie is about me, you, and everyone we know. Is it a quirky movie? Yes, it certainly contains the typical "quirky indie movie" flare, but it doesn't dwell on that like other indie movies. There are things about it that feel like a direct reaction against the stereotype of an indie movie. There's disgusting and disturbing sexual content, satire of modern art, characters that are uncomfortably strange and likely mentally challenged, but are still highly sympathetic, and no real overall story...wait stop. It actually does have an overall story or, more appropriately, it has multiple stories that all connect in a surprisingly unique fashion. Many movies are like this sort of, many movies have a big cast of oddball characters that are all interrelated in their own way and it all culminates together in the end and whatever. But this movie does that whole trend a bit differently. A lot of the characters don't really have too much of a conclusion, they just fade (and run) away, and the final image of the film shows that time will still go on. All of these people will still live out their sad, warm, humorous, pathetic, lovable lives until their time is up and another takes their place. What exactly am I trying to say? That's a good question. My thoughts on this film are kind of scattered and confused, just like the film itself. Parts of it felt really pretentious, but they also contained a type of honesty that isn't often seen in "pretentious" indie movies. July is a filmmaker with a clear vision...a vision that she just wants to express. She doesn't come across as an intentionally hipster-like artist who tries way to hard. Instead, she comes across as a person who is extremely genuine, who wants to express (using visuals and words) how she sees and feels about the world. And I respect her and this film for that, even if I didn't really like ALL of it, the overarching impression it gave me was really powerful. Some of the visuals here are stuck in my mind forever, and don't mind that at all. There is dialogue in the film that is laugh out loud funny, there are moments of tragedy that touched me despite being really mild when one stops to think about them. It's a movie to get you feeling and thinking, it's a movie that both tries too hard and not enough, making it feel just right. It is the pinnacle of imperfection, but it is also too sweet and beautiful and hilarious to dismiss as a failed experiment. It is something "else" entirely, totally removed from what you're probably used to seeing, something that anyone with an open mind must see.

Me and You and Everyone Else We Know (2005): Dir: Miranda July / Cast: Miranda July, John Hawkes, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Natasha Slayton: Impressive debut for director Miranda July about connecting to others. She casts herself as a lonely artist whose mother is ill and her father accompanies her to a shoe store where she meets a salesman played by John Hawkes. He is separated with two children but he cannot function when July shows interest in him. His oldest son is targeted by two teenage girls who use him for sexual experimentation. His seven year-old discovers Internet chat sites, which leads to a few chuckles. When Internet chats become sexually suggested by an adult to two teenage girls then things can be divert but July handles the material like a pro and delivers a film of intelligent nature . July also goes further and acts in the film playing off Hawkes's romantic interest. July and Hawkes succeed because they are established with decent backgrounds thus presenting a starting ground to their meet cue. Supporting roles are also well written and provide perfect backup to July and Hawkes. Well crafted comedy that is much more honest than most mainstream films. This film addresses connection and relating to those around you or just casually within everyday routine. It is an excellent film and should be be recommend to me and you and everyone else we know. Score: 10 / 10

Look at the box cover. Seems like a nice cute quirky indie comedy, right? And all those awards. It must be good! Well, you'd be wrong, my friend. Dead Wrong.In the first fifteen minutes or so, a man sets his hand on fire in front of his two young sons, two people in a car try to rescue a goldfish in a bag on top of an SUV in traffic, and a middle-aged man sexually propositions two teenage girls. It gets worse from there. It's as if Nia Vardalos had tried to adapt a really bad John Waters screenplay and effed it up. I am mostly a liberal person, but this movie sent the needle on my Wrong-O-Meter straight into the red zone. Afterwards, I had to scrub myself down like Meryl Streep in SILKWOOD after being exposed to radiation. Avoid this movie like a dead rat on the sidewalk.