You Can Count On Me (A)

Perfectly balanced movie, excellent acting, excellent story, excellent characters, funny, poignant, and plenty of cringe moments. It does land on the conventional side of things, but as far as conventional movies go, it's very well crafted.

Mark Ruffalo is amazing. Rory Culkin is extremely good. Matthew Broderick revives his Election character with all the cringe in tact. However, I'd say Kenneth Lonergan arguably makes the strongest performance in my favorite scene, when 'Father Ron' (Lonergan) confronts the 'thoughtful fuck up' Terry (Ruffalo) about his personal world philosophy. I would have loved it if the film followed this line of thought more deeply.

I wish more people would have the courage to ask thoughtful questions and really pursue thoughtful answers.

This movie gets pretty close, but in the end, it decides not to make any statements. Instead, it opts to simply tell a good story about regular, but nevertheless interesting people.

Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Editing: A
Script: A
Cinematography: C