2005 · comedy · drama
Mutual Appreciation
Directed by Andrew Bujalski1h 49m2005
Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend.
Our read: Mutual Appreciation (2005) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- measured
- gentle
- intimate
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