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Hello I Must Be Going

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A divorcee (Melanie Lynskey) moves back in with her parents and begins a clandestine affair with a 19-year-old suitor (Christopher Abbott).
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Hello I Must Be Going offers an offbeat twist to the romance genre, a solid character study for fans of grown-up drama, and a career-making breakout vehicle for Melanie Lynskey.

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Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Hello I Must Be Going" is at once an intriguing character study and a refreshingly offbeat romance. Rated: 3/4 Oct 18, 2012 Full Review Ty Burr Boston Globe The movie's sharp-tongued and softhearted, a Sundance kind of film that mostly sidesteps generic Sundanceyness. Rated: 3/4 Oct 18, 2012 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle The film is worth seeing for the performances, but the drama is a nonstarter. Rated: 3/5 Sep 28, 2012 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Returning to the comically tragic tone that made his much hailed 2002 debut, Love Liza so noteworthy, Louiso manages to create a memorable showcase for undervalued character actress Melanie Lynskey. Aug 5, 2019 Full Review Landon Palmer Film School Rejects ...a sincerely personal take on its subject matter, opting for three-dimensional leads and earned pathos over quirky character traits, cynical humor, or an invasively stylized visual approach. Rated: B Jun 2, 2014 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B Dec 7, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Charlotte What a waste of time. The script, the characters, the plot are all dull and one dimensional. Really this type of film can only work if you like and root for the main character but unfortunately the main protagonist is a lazy, jobless slob who goes through the film feeling sorry for herself and doing nothing. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/22/23 Full Review Emilliano Jr S Melanie Lynskey is no doubt a trully great actress. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Spoilers: A study in not just the skillful Melanie's 30-something, wounded-by-life, mopey Amy, but also in a comfortable suburban lifestyle and the reality that moving back in with Mom and Dad atter her divorce is not just a two-edged sword but largely a pain in the ass, with mostly sympathetic John and self-absorbed, pushy Blythe. Awash in a sea of WTF, Amy is seeking something but again WTF, after giving up working on photography, for her lawyer hubby, and up pops very young acquaintance Jeremy, and boom. Call it passing the time with a 19-year-old. It is on the QT. When her mom calls the kid gay, she almost chokes on the corn on the cob, and Dad has to Heimlich her after which she laughs lustily, knowing what they do not. The kid surely gets Melanie's figurative juices flowing, as well as her literal juices. But like a kid, she is so about neither offending nor disappointing her parents, it's time to, uh, grow up. She gives the kid his walking papers, tries another date, to no avail. More socially unapproved stuff happens, and Amy finally tells off her chauvinistic ex-hubby, drops her loving teen-ager, who is headed for college, and makes a plan -- back to college for her, and a little stroking of her wounded Mom, in a bad marriage, on a trip. The humorous parts of this and of Amy help save this coming of age piece, this sheltered girl/woman, who at one point screams, "Where's the bottom?" She starts to make something happen, hard times or not, by deciding how to move forward. Bravo, Melanie; Blythe, a pro, stole her share of scenes. Abbott played it just right as the kid, seems to have a future. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member To be honest I kinda did like this movie and I decided I’m going to start going after recently divorced women . Thank you . I’m just gonna say 2.7 . I couldn’t tell my friends I gave it a 3. But I probably shoulda Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/20 Full Review Audience Member this movie taught me to listen to others opinion about me Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Much better than the description of the movie would lead you to suspect Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A divorcee (Melanie Lynskey) moves back in with her parents and begins a clandestine affair with a 19-year-old suitor (Christopher Abbott).
Director
Todd Louiso
Producer
Hans Ritter, Mary Jane Skalski
Screenwriter
Sarah Koskoff
Distributor
Oscilloscope Pictures
Production Co
Next Wednesday Productions, Enjoy Your Gum, Hello I Must Be Going
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 7, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 14, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.0K
Runtime
1h 34m
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