Don't Think Twice (2016)

Admirable film.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I've rated many movies of the bad kind, but this one stole the cake enough for me to want to write my first review. As my first review I should mention i'm not a believer in critics or reviews by people I don't know, but seeing how so many gave this movie a 2 thumbs up just leaves me puzzled. The situation each character faved and the themes this movie were trying to set could have made for some great work. Sadly though the writing, and scenes were terribly placed together. We were supposed to be believing in each characters issues, each characters connection to one another, and I honestly can't say I felt any of the emotions they could have gone through. Jealousy, resentment, fear, bonds breaking, sense of growing into a more complete adult, and even the bonds the characters had between themselves felt dim. To have a dim candle sell us on all those emotions, does not work. To have a performance nuanced or downplayed is one thing, but to do it with the overall project, seems unfinished. To have a script, actors, and directing all fall short of selling the potential dramady this could have been is crazy. Given the talent behind the lens, on paper, and on screen you'd think they could havd forced out more than just a chuckle. Instead i'm left with a feeling in my gut that this movie was grossly overrated, and unfairly reviewed. I'm not saying this is what happened, but it feels as if every person attached to this project banded together and went incognito under a profile and said "let's all hijack the reviews". I'm a fan of indie, unconventional and arthouse type movies, but slapping any of those labels on this movie would be a huge slap in the face to any of those categories. This movie could have been so much better, and while i've given some movies with similar failings in directing, acting or writing, better ratings those movies still had subtle things such as cinematography, half-decent action, quirky side characters. This mess should apologize to the sum of its parts, because I did try to enjoy what little I could, sadly there was nothing left when I finished.

What supposedly was described as one of the best comedies of that year, "Don't Think Twice" instead turned out to be an average drama.Fueled by Keegan-Michael Key's performance as a improv actor aspiring to become a regular cast member of a "Saturday Night Live" type of show, what felt that could have been his actual real life climb into the industry, the movie serves as a look behind the scenes at the relationship between actors and the disbandment of a tight group of friends.The premise of the movie is good, but at the end it does not feel fulfilled, lacking a conclusion.

A mumblecore-style comedy drama about dealing with the success of your peers while you struggle on. This is a distinctly thirtysomething dilemma, where your youth is already lagging behind you but you haven't quite given up on trying to attain the ideal life you want for yourself.As with any kind of mumblecore movie - where the focus is on characters interacting in seemingly improvised scenes and creating natural conversational rhythms - it has a triviality to the whole experience as it tries to mine something profound from relatively insubstantial material. Yet somehow, 'Don't Think Twice' does resonate beyond its small cinematic ambitions because all the characters of the improv acting troupe are likable people and feel real in all of their insecurities and eccentricities, while also maintaining a funny and believable group dynamic. This is a character piece made up of selected moments with a thin but defined plot taking us through the various assortment of situations.Writer/director Mike Birbiglia has clearly allowed for his own cast to improvise through many of the scenes. Usually, films that are made up of scenes where actors go off-book to create their own moments end up feel meandering and indulgent - yes Paul Feig and Judd Apatow I'm talking about you two cufflinks - but due to the subject matter at play, it not only makes complete sense for this particular film but it also helps to make Birbiglia's disjointed drop-in/drop-out narrative-style all the more involving.It's a must-see for anyone who works in the arts, in whatever capacity, but it might also appeal to anyone who has ever seen fracture lines appear in their friendship groups as a result of growing up and growing apart. There's an insightful honesty at play here and when it's not plucking on those painful chords of truth, it's just a charming and absorbing story about friendship, failure and success.

This is amusing and has a few moments, but no laugh out loud moments during this film.The story is of a comedy cast trying to make it in the competitive New York market.It does digress and veers off track – sometimes becoming overly melodramatic. There's a love relationship, one of the cast has a dying father, another meets up with a high school sweet-heart who is pregnant. If it would have stuck to the nightly comedy routine and the tensions within the group it would have been more unified. So after awhile what exactly are we left watching? Never felt very engaged by any of the characters.The ending is overly schmaltzy with all participating in a group hug, but in the prior scenes there were fierce and combative arguments...Good for a quiet weekday evening.