Me, You, and a Bunch of Old People

» July 11, 2005 1:13 PM by Awol

This past Saturday my girlfriend and I went to see Me You and Everyone We Know at the Laemmle Town Center 5 in Encino, CA. I'd been to this small, art house theater located beneath a strip mall before to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon a few monthes before it found critical acclaim and a wide release. That movie's audience was sparse; mostly populated by like-minded geeks.

The crowds at this recent screening, however, were dominated by cantankerous seniors. Now I don't know if Encino is naturally loaded with folks over 60 or if this theater just happens to offer the best AARP discount around ($6.50 instead of $9.50 is almost worth being hoary), but we were beside ourselves for the entire movie: from the guy who cut in front of us proclaiming "I can't wait in line" to the running commentaries we were unfortunately privvy to throughout the previews and actual film.

Allow me to share some of their septuagenarian wisdom:

"I have no idea what this movie is about... I mean, from the trailer, what?" (Overheard during the preview for Gus van Sant's upcoming Kurt Cobain biopic "Last Days." BTW- the actor playing KC couldn't look more like him in the preview.)

"This film is reatarded. Who would make this? Let's leave." (Overheard during the film, and promptly followed by much huffing and puffing as the couple laboriously worked their way out from the center of the aisle behind me.)

"I can't believe Phyllis liked this." (During the movie; apparently her friend had told her the movie was good.)

And of course there were innumerable whispered interjections: "What'd he say?" "Oh my god." "I can't believe this..." etc.

"They must give every movie at Sundance an award." (Overheard behind me as we slowly exited the theater.)

Personally, I'd recommend it. It's definitely a little weird, but the one thing I can say for it is I had no idea how it was going to end until it did. There's not a lot of summer movies you can say that about. Also, the kid who played Robby is howlingly funny, a definite scene stealer.

Oh, and one last note: once you see the film you'll what this means,
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