Goodbye to All That

2014 "A modern divorce story."
5.3| 1h27m| R| en| More Info
Released: 17 December 2014 Released
Producted By: IFC Films
Country: United States of America
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Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search for answers, desperate attempts to stay connected to his daughter, and his fateful reentry into the dating pool.

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Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
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.
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Reno Rangan Try to expect from the film what the title signifies. Then this will be a decent film to have. As we know there's no big names in the cast, as well as from behind the camera. But the whole film discloses is what people do when their marriage fails, in order to move on. That's not it, there's a message, that it ends with, especially about the children of the splitting couple. Seems it is a nice one from that angle, though overall film is not a clever enough to attract all kinds of viewers.When his wife suddenly breaks the news that she wants a divorce, the husband in a surprise tries his best to convince her not to, but nothing works. All the separation affair can be solved easily as they have a good understanding. So they try to move on, particularly the father who meets many women, including his old school and college mates. But what they are not seeing is their young daughter who is affected by all this. So where the story heads from there is told in the remaining.For the first time direction, this is not a bad film. A low budget, short film with a simple storyline. Well intended film on what it wanted to say. But nothing was told straight, everything was about not being single, that means dating and sex was the priority. Only in the last ten minutes it tries to turn around. That's where the story and the title overlaps. Really the nice performances, particularly Paul Schneider, who has been seen mostly in the supporting roles. So I think it is worth a watch if you are not forcing yourself.6/10
mauro volvox And the message is:Men should never marry!!!!It does not matter how nice, sweet and beautiful their female partners are.The point is that after a few years, sex gets boring, life gets drys,all excitement and fun are over.Wives become hags that suck out all the fun from everything, from simple guy's hobbies to life itself. Now about GTAT: The film was OK, nothing special, but not bad either.It is OK for a rainy, cold Saturday
Daniel Ray As was really well discussed in the other reviews, this man Otto gets dumped suddenly by his wife of 11 years, who shares a daughter with him. Suddenly Otto is harshly returned to life as a single man, theoretically looking for a new female partner.For the most part he has not a clue as to how to proceed, and mostly due to his looks (which, for his age are well above average) he keeps finding women who are only interested in immediate sex with no elements of friendship or plain old-fashioned hanging out together for the profound yet simple pleasure of the other person's company. Then, close to the end of the movie, he encounters a woman he knew from decades ago who genuinely likes Otto to spend time with, AND have sex with (at perhaps a slower pace that is so much better in my opinion), AND is willing to take a huge leap of faith inviting Otto to just "drop everything" and join her in an indefinitely long trip to Costa Rica that long ago she planned to start, plane tickets and all, the very next day at 6:45am! This woman I can only describe as a "dream mate" she is so fine, especially relative to every other woman that Otto has known or met including his soon-to-become ex-wife. In my mind I kept routing for Otto "Do It!"..."Just do it!" Then his cellphone rings, and Otto's very *realistic* decision can be deduced. Let's just put it this way: if it was me, no force on Earth could have stopped me from going to Costa Rica!
jrozzelle-195-751097 One of the most successful things about the movie is that after all we've seen Otto go through, when he's presented with a major fork-in-the-road life choice, the viewer may still wonder which way he'll go. The scenes with Otto and his daughter were most affecting. The daughter is the most fully-realized female character; the other women are there for Otto to bounce off of, literally and figuratively. I found myself thinking about Otto after I'd seen the movie, recalling the lows he endures, the conversation in the back yard where he confesses his feelings of being adrift, and then how he ultimately responds. For me the statement made might be summed up as "a meaningful life derives from doing your duties and paying attention to others."

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