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I Used to Go Here

2020 · 87 min

Wry, bittersweet comedy about returning to your past and finding yourself still adrift, with gentle laughs and quiet melancholy.

Directed by
Kris Rey
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Gillian Jacobs, Josh Wiggins, Jemaine Clement
Overview
Following the lackluster launch of her debut novel, 35-year-old writer Kate Conklin receives an invitation from her former professor and old crush to speak at her alma mater. With her book tour canceled and her ego deflated, Kate takes the trip, hoping it will give her the morale boost she sorely needs. Instead, she falls into a comical regression—from misadventures with eccentric 20-year-olds to feelings of jealousy toward her former professor’s new favorite student.

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Directed by
Kris Rey
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Gillian Jacobs, Josh Wiggins, Jemaine Clement
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • loneliness
  • ambition
  • friendship
Places
  • school
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Kris Rey
Written by
Kris Rey
Starring
Gillian Jacobs, Josh Wiggins, Jemaine Clement, Hannah Marks, Forrest Goodluck, Jorma Taccone, Zoë Chao, Kate Micucci
Music
Curtis Heath
Cinematography
Nate Hurtsellers
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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