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\n\tSomehow the directing career of Jay Duplass<\/a> got waylaid for a few years as he explored other creative pursuits. Then, when he was ready to come back calling shots behind the camera, the pandemic and strikes hit, meaning it had been a very long 13 years between directorial efforts when he finally shot last year\u2019s much praised (and current Indie Spirit Award nominee<\/a>) The Baltimorons. Now, making up for lost time, comes the excellent new dramedy See You When I See You<\/a>, which has just premiered at the Sundance<\/a> Film Festival.<\/p>\n \n\tThe difference for this one is Duplass didn\u2019t write it, something he has previously done for all his films. It is in fact a script that came to him via producers Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon that was written by first-time screenwriter and stand-up Adam Cayton-Holland<\/a> based on his 2018 memoir Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir. It detailed his experience with PTSD over the suicide of his younger sister and how he dealt with loss and grief. Looking to make a movie that blends humor and family drama ala Terms Of Endearment, Duplass found something to jump into and developed it with Nanjiani and Gordon, who had been down the path of turning real-life trauma into movies with their Oscar-nominated The Big Sick, a film they see as a forerunner of Cayton-Holland\u2019s story.<\/p>\n \n\tBlending comedy and tragedy ain\u2019t easy, but Duplass has succeeded in a tricky tonal balancing act here centering it all on Aaron Whistler (Cooper Raiff<\/a>), who is a bit of a mess as we meet him, a young man with increasing mental health issues that his sessions with a therapist aren\u2019t easily curing. He is constantly haunted by his discovery of his beloved young sister Leah (Kaitlyn Dever<\/a>), who took her own life before he could arrive at her house to help her. It has affected his own relationships with his family including father Robert (David Duchovny<\/a>) and older sister Emily (Lucy Boynton<\/a>), who both work as civil rights lawyers; mom Page (Hope Davis<\/a>); and his girlfriend Camila (Ariela Barer). His career is also on the skids in terms of trying to come up with material with his co-writers for his comedy podcast other than the same old d*ck jokes.<\/p>\n \n\tHe isn\u2019t the only Whistler family member struggling to deal with loss and grief and the planning of a delayed memorial service that is dividing the family. Emily is in denial on her emotions, Robert tries to keep an air of normality, and Page is hiding her own health crisis, refusing to go to a doctor after discovering a lump on her breast, a decision causing a rift between her and her husband. Meanwhile, Aaron\u2019s personal life and relationship with Camila isn\u2019t doing well, especially in moments where his impulsive actions and episodes take him back to that fateful discovery making things even more difficult.<\/p>\n \n\tAt its heart this is a family story that tiptoes around the unspoken, the hurt, the grief, the denial, and the unbearable loss each is facing in their own way. Oh and yeah, it\u2019s a comedy. The movie, especially with a novice screenwriter trying to tell his personal (fictionalized) story by adapting his own internalized book, is a high-wire act, but to Duplass\u2019 credit we are with the Whistlers all the way, even in the most difficult and frustrating moments with Aaron.<\/p>\n \n\tDEADLINE RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tA superb cast of pros can be thanked for all of this starting with Raiff\u2019s complex and impressive performance of a young man adrift who is just trying to hang on any way he can. A talented filmmaker himself, Raiff serves up a portrayal that never hits a false note, truly difficult when you think there is a guy standing off camera who basically lived it and is watching you. Duchovny goes for a lighter touch as a father and husband trying to keep things together the way they were, but also now struggling to support a wife and her cancer even as she emotionally shuts the door on him.<\/p>\n \n\tThe women in the cast \u2014 Davis, Boynton and Barer \u2014 also hit just the right subtle beats that don\u2019t go for easy sentiment. Dever has perhaps the toughest role, along with Raiff\u2019s, because she is essentially dead for the entire movie, often seen in surreal visions of Aaron\u2019s at different points in her life, where we are given limited time to get to know her and to understand the gravity of her loss. That we do is a tribute to this terrific actor. These scenes are unique in that they aren\u2019t traditional flashbacks but more stylized moments in which (with visual effects) Leah slips out of her brother\u2019s orbit. It may sound gimmicky but it is a great touch, quite moving and effective in its own way.<\/p>\n \n\tThis is a family looking for closure who can\u2019t agree on how to get there. Ultimately, Cayton-Holland\u2019s smart screenplay, an outstanding cast and the sensitive direction of Duplass show us the way.<\/p>\n \n\tProducers are Fred Bernstein, Duplass, Cayton-Holland, Nanjiani and Gordon.<\/p>\n \n\tTitle: <\/strong>See You When I See You
Festival: <\/strong>Sundance (Premieres)
Director: <\/strong>Jay Duplass
Screenwriter: <\/strong>Adam Cayton-Holland
Cast: <\/strong>Cooper Raiff, David Duchovny, Kaitlyn Dever, Hope Davis, Lucy Boynton, Ariela Barer, Poorna Jagannathan, Skyler Bible, Oliver Diego Silva
Sales agent: <\/strong>CAA
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