Doomtomylo
a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Robert Joyner
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Roxie
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
seandavidhasaknife
Ever gone to a non-chain coffee shop & saw some ridiculous hipster using a typewriter & wondered what he/she is working on? This is it. Terrible dialogue that a horrible hipster was patting his/herself on the back about. Danny McBride is in it, so that's cool.
finetunes
How is the pace fixable? if you play it with the VCL media player on your computer you can speed up it up, I chose 10% and it really helped. But it doesn't fix the movie entirely by any means. The lead characters don't really communicate, Paul Schneider's character mostly says nothing and Zoey Deshanel's character's dialog mainly consisted of either not knowing what to say or not knowing how to say it. (at least not until the end.) Spoilers until the next paragraph - There was no substantial way that they could build a relationship with that level of communication nor could it be based on the sex factor. The strong relationship was just not believable. Also, it's not believable that Paul Schneider's character suddenly went from being a callous a..hole at a loyal dedicated partner.I felt the movie was too chopped up in the beginning and made the movie confusing and hard to follow. Zoey Dashanel is one of my favorite actresses and I go into her movies with good points in it's favor. But I really can't recommend the movie at all.
Justin Jones
David Gordon Green suffers from a strange problem, in that his films have almost all been critically praised, but no one goes to see them. They are hard sells, in that they are hard content. People die, hearts get broken, and the scenes are honest to the highest degree. In 2000, his debut "George Washington" started his career which would be developed into a string of Southern Gothic art house films in the vain of the great Terrence Malick. No one watched it, but it was later released on the Criterion Collection.For his second effort, Green collaborated with Paul Schneider, a friend and actor for the script "All The Real Girls". Another small-town love story from the perspective of a depressive American eye, it was again seen by little to none upon release. Now, with the the build up of his career and films since, Green is on the brink of finding a new audience."All The Real Girls" is a piece of the career's of every person involved. Paul Schneider has gone on to rave reviews in such films as "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" and "Lars & The Real Girl" and seems to have a long career ahead of him. Zooey Deschanel is this decade's Parker Posey, being in so many films it's hard to see them all, and teaming up with indie rocker M.Ward to form the musical duo She & Him. The film also was the debut of new popular comedy star Danny McBride, who went on to roles in "Tropic Thunder", "The Foot Fist Way", "Hot Rod" and Green's own "Pineapple Express".As for the content of the film itself, it has to be one of the most honestly heartbreaking romantic films of recent years. It does not suffer from the clichés of many romantic comedies of today, yet they be the ones which lean more into comedy with a romantic back story or the ones which rely more on the expectations of romance. It is photographed beautifully and well-acted by all involved. It stands today as possibly Green's finest work, and should not suffer the lag it has.
samkan
Lots and lots and lots of movies deal with romance, often done with varied degrees of humor and/or nostalgia. Almost always such flicks are made of falling-in-love conflict resolved by physical and/or emotional consummation. Some of these movies earn the tag "girl" or "chik" movies.Few films successfully conveys a male's pain, upheaval, of romantic love better than this one. Rather than remind a guy of how dumb, blind, etc., he was when young, ATRG reminds you how authentic the feelings felt when, usually about mid 20's, youthful sexual pursuit gives way to the first tinglings of remorse about the past mixed with vague anxiety about the future. In this respect, rather than viewing a guy's first encounter with real love from a vantage point of wisdom, ATRG put me back in the ring when I was about 27.I remember driving back to my apartment almost thirty years ago after a Saturday night one-nighter. I remember thinking to myself, almost out loud, "Wow that was pretty stupid, wasn't it." When I got to my apartment I saw people going to church. I'm not religious at all but I thought to myself, "You know, pal, there's something a lot more to life than going out to be a weekend hero." ATRG deals with this point in a guy's life. Noel/Zooey's character is done just well enough to serve as "Everygirl". In some form or manner, a guy has heard all of Noel's dialog before. Its great to revisit the moments when we guys first started to listen to women and sense life's rhythms.PS/This guy makes great films. Check out GEORGE WASHINGTON and SNOW ANGELS.