This debut feature by writer/director Jeff MacPherson features an incredible cast of capable actors. The director apparently cut his teeth on short films as a youngster and here displays an adept aptitude with maturity and finesse in his first full-length film.
The story deftly portrays a young man (Tygh Runyan) who is incapable of recovery from a breakup with his love (Laura Harris). The film manages to encapsulate the experience of relationship failure denial in such a way that makes it universal and timeless. The movie is both amusing and heart wrenching; a difficult balance, yet one that is well achieved in these expert hands.
Harris delivers a stunningly complex performance as a the passive and emotionally unstable subject of Runyan's affections. Runyan is no less impressive in his characterization of the shell-shocked ex-boyfriend. To complicate the matters, he finds consolation in the company of a smitten teenage girl, who is only too aware of her current use. Erin Collins, a refreshingly real teenager, delivers a breakout performance in the role.
Harris' brilliantly irritating fiancé is perfectly captured by handsome Russell Porter in a side splitting and tragic scene where all parties meet for diner. Come Together is a film not to miss.
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Linda Bon, Boston Review Film Critic
The story deftly portrays a young man (Tygh Runyan) who is incapable of recovery from a breakup with his love (Laura Harris). The film manages to encapsulate the experience of relationship failure denial in such a way that makes it universal and timeless. The movie is both amusing and heart wrenching; a difficult balance, yet one that is well achieved in these expert hands.
Harris delivers a stunningly complex performance as a the passive and emotionally unstable subject of Runyan's affections. Runyan is no less impressive in his characterization of the shell-shocked ex-boyfriend. To complicate the matters, he finds consolation in the company of a smitten teenage girl, who is only too aware of her current use. Erin Collins, a refreshingly real teenager, delivers a breakout performance in the role.
Harris' brilliantly irritating fiancé is perfectly captured by handsome Russell Porter in a side splitting and tragic scene where all parties meet for diner. Come Together is a film not to miss.
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Linda Bon, Boston Review Film Critic