Laggies (2014)

I thoroughly enjoyed Say When. But then I'm a thirty-something Peter Panette who hasn't grown up, found true love and who's biggest regret is never having made it to a high school prom. Its all about whether you're content with your pretty comfortable lot or whether you yearn for the same unbridled ambition you had as a teen. Sam Rockwell's character is hilarious - you don't want to like him but it's difficult not to like anyone so flawed. Ditto for Kiera Knightley's. It's the kind of movie that gives us millennials/generation x'ers hope that there is a silver lining to all the hard work. Now where can i find my own Craig....

Well yeah it's a happily ever after story; So not so far from the cliché, but still is about someone totally out of place in her own life, who just wants to escape momentarily her reality; and that's not the usual story or the usual character.In most romantic comedies the protagonist may have this quirk that leads to a conflict that then is resolved in front of a crowd.In this one there is a woman wanting to hang out with a bunch of teenagers, because that actually makes her feel free, as opposed to the en-corseted life that she didn't consciously decide (she just... went with the flow).It might sound a silly premise but it is so well acted that it is liberating. One gets to understand Megan and feel good about her decisions instead of embarrassed (or even in spite of). It is also floating good to feel how the people she opens up to don't judge but instead, show they really are as weird and f*ckd up in their own way as she is.I personally ended up with the feeling of wanting to find this strangers with whom I could feel understood rather than get advised to go right back on track.

Megan is a woman in her late 20s who is first depicted as a teenager with her teenage friends fooling around, after which she has gotten an advanced degree in family counseling, but hated the job and ends up dropping out and living with her parents, basically having failed to reach true adulthood.At one friend's wedding, a high school boyfriend proposes to her, upsetting her, and worse yet, she finds her father cheating with another woman. The movie shifts gears, and Megan drives off, upset, until she reaches a teenage girl and her friends and illegally buys them booze. They talk and exchange numbers, and she returns to see her boyfriend, who is ready to elope-but Megan makes up a story about going to a seminar to delay things. Afterward, the teenage girl asks Megan to impersonate her estranged mother at a school meeting, and she takes Megan to her home-only to be discovered by her lawyer father. Megan then makes up a story about needing a place to stay, and the father agrees.There is more, but the problem with the whole movie is obvious-Megan is not merely immature, but dishonest with everyone, and though she tries to help people, she comes across as a user. Supposedly a romantic comedy, but has very little of either, and Megan never seems to grow up like we expected her to.

Megan (Keira Knightley) is in her late 20's and lost. She has a degree in family therapy from grad school but don't feel right for the work. She's the bridesmaid in her friend Allison (Ellie Kemper)'s wedding. She catches her father (Jeff Garlin) cheating on her mother. Her boyfriend Anthony (Mark Webber) proposes. It's all too much. She befriends Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her high school group by buying them booze. Instead of going to a self-improvement seminar, she hides out in Annika's house. She falls for Annika's dad (Sam Rockwell) and feels more comfortable with the kids.The premise seems fun and interesting. Knightley and Moretz are a good pairing. The movie works well as long as it's them. Anthony is a waste of time character. The movie needs less of him. Sam Rockwell is too obvious and is almost annoyingly cliché. This movie works much better when Megan does things to help Annika. I want to like this from the premise and the actresses. The movie is good with them but it doesn't do anything else worthwhile.