Review of People, Places, Things (2015) by Ian H — 02 Dec 2015

A graphic novelist's wife leaves him, and he must repair his life to parent his two daughters and pursue a new love interest.

This is a sweet but predictable, good natured gem of a comedy. It's one of those films that seeks to deliver innocuous chuckles and leave you feeling like the world isn't that shitty after all, and mostly it does what it sets out to do. Jemaine Clement does a good dead-pan straight man, but there isn't a farcical counter-balance, so he's mostly reacting to his own stimuli, and the supporting cast all play their parts admirably, especially Stephanie Allynne who's in the awkward position of playing the heavy against all the comic ridiculousness.

Overall, People Places Things is an unassuming delight.