2012 · romance · comedy · drama
Liberal Arts
Directed by Josh Radnor1h 37m2012
Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance.
Our read: Liberal Arts (2012) reads as a warm, steady, grounded romance · comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle romance / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- tender
- intimate
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