Review of Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) by Jim C — 11 Mar 2010

I'm not sure if I completely understood this film, which Miranda July wrote, directed, and starred in, but I mostly liked it. All of the characters created by July suffer varying degrees and types of alienation and loneliness, yet they ultimately forge mutual connections, albeit odd, imperfect ones, in the end.

I found the plotline about the boys' risque computer chatting to be a bit hackneyed, but I'll say that July sure got me with the shock ending to that particular sub-plot! The title is a bit too plainly suggestive, I suppose, but there's no denying that alienation, loneliness, and desperation are dominant themes in the lives of most Americans today.

I applaud July for not taking the easy way out at the end, but neither does she play the sneering cynic. I have to agree with most other posters that this was one of the strangest movies I've ever seen, but one that was strangely enjoyable.