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This film is a breath of fresh air. It is about actual people having believable conversations and making plausible choices. Instead of a glossed over view of love, this movie actually goes into detail and shows both the causes and effects of entering a relationship. It portrays love as something that has an unclear beginning and end, even as something that never really ends at all. This is so refreshing after so many movies where, after love is confessed, the credits roll and happily ever after is the only available option. These characters are often happy in love, but also confused, frightened, desperate, and unsure.

Mark Ruffalo as a guy with, let's call it, "emotional problems." The story focuses on Ruffalo and a three-way relationship he had with two women in his college days. Eventually, his relationship with the two ladies becomes complicated with "feelings" and "emotions" and stuff and falls all apart. Years later, he runs into the one of his old sex-buddies--the one he was closer to--and eventually the three of them becomes friends again. Sort of. Everyone is in separate relationships by this time, so the idea of jump-starting old feelings and relationships becomes complicated. Well, then, of course, all kinds of craziness ensues--and I'll leave that up to you to see for yourself.

Angelo