Me and You and Everyone We Know

R

Released Jun 17, 2005

1h 30m

Comedy

Drama

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82%

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119 Reviews

84%

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25,000+ Ratings

Single dad Richard (John Hawkes) meets Christine (Miranda July), a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard's divorce has left him emotionally damaged, and he struggles to remain open to the possibilities of this new relationship. Meanwhile, Richard's sons, the adolescent Peter (Miles Thompson) and 6-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff), take part in their own clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.

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Critics Consensus

Miranda July's debut feature is a charmingly offbeat and observant film about people looking for love.

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Brandon Judell

indieWire

A perfectly-realized vision: from the sound design to the acting to the direction. For a first film, I was astounded.

Jun 14, 2018

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David Ansen

Newsweek

"Me and You" has a refreshingly unhysterical (but sometimes hysterically funny) take on what it's like for kids to grow up in a world of Internet sex, broken families and precocious sexual curiosity.

Mar 14, 2018

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Liz Moody

Empire Magazine

July's tender, original movie is a wonderfully uplifting experience.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 19, 2005

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It's a powerful, beautiful and often funny look at life as we truly live it in all its mundane moments and simple connections.

Rated: 4.0/4.0

Sep 16, 2020

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The sort of movie specifically designed to win awards at hipper-than-thou film festivals (and it did).

Rated: 2/4

May 16, 2020

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Writer/director Miranda July's exquisite romantic comedy is one of the most original and unique films of recent memory.

Rated: A

Nov 19, 2019

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Mr. M

I cannot believe it has taken me so many years to finally discover Miranda July. Looking for a movie with a great Rotten Tomatoes score, I came across "Kajillionaires." Amazed by that film, I next went to this, her debut film. Believe me when I tell you that you are in for a rare and magical experience when you skip into her world. Now I get to experience everything else she's done. I've got my smile ready.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/23

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Alec B

Its like a Todd Solondz film in that way it looks at weird human relationships but it doesn't have the same humor or emotional power. Terribly obnoxious and smug.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/23

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Shock Therapy R

Discombobulated amalgamation of non sequitur experiences. July gets coherent six years later with a brilliant meaningful film called "The Future"

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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isla s

To me, this was a distinctly quirky and bizarre film. There is a sort of a plot but a confusing one and if anything, too many sub-plots. Its a bit seedy and I wasn't especially interested in what happened. I wouldn't call it funny, or especially thoughtful, just...quirky, in a weird way frankly. Suffice to say, I wouldn't recommend it, no.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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dave s

So try to imagine Noah Baumbach and Todd Solondz combining their creative forces to come up with something that has a Napoleon Dynamite vibe to it. The end product would be along the lines of Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know, an odd little movie about odd little people who are adrift in life, trying to make some sort of connection with somebody in the same situation. The characters are interesting, the scenarios are always intriguing and surprising, the music is appropriate to the narrative, and the performances are appropriately understated. On the down side, it sometimes feels like it is being quirky just to be quirky, adding nothing to the narrative or the character development. Despite this, it's a movie that'll leave you with a good feeling – you just won't be able to figure out why.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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jaime h

Bizarre and beautiful. Wonderful and weird. I will watch anything by this art genius director, Miranda July!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Miranda July

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John Hawkes

Richard Swersey

Miranda July

Christine Jesperson

Miles Thompson

Peter Swersey

Brandon Ratcliff

Robby Swersey

Carlie Westerman

Sylvie

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Synopsis

Single dad Richard (John Hawkes) meets Christine (Miranda July), a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard's divorce has left him emotionally damaged, and he struggles to remain open to the possibilities of this new relationship. Meanwhile, Richard's sons, the adolescent Peter (Miles Thompson) and 6-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff), take part in their own clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.

Director: Miranda July
Screenwriter: Miranda July
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: IFC Productions, FilmFour Productions
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 17, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.9M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround

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