Movie #716 .........................."Liberal Arts"

Movie #716 "Liberal Arts" --- First, let me start by saying I'm a huge fan of both Josh Radnor and then Elizabeth Olsen, not to mention Allison Janney and Richard Jenkins. That being said, I guess I expected a better movie --- never really got into this one -- could have been me, but I thought the script was all over and weird. I didn't really like the characters that much. I get that Radnor's character is at that age where he yearns to go back to college, so when he gets the chance, he takes it. But once he's there, I'm not sure why he lingers because it doesn't come across as good nostalgic at all --- his favorite teacher is an alcoholic with nothing nice to say --- really pretty despicable, and really, that was my favorite part in this film --- Allison Janney plays the teacher and she's really playing a character you've never seen her play in this one and it's refreshing and disgusting all at the same time....kind of weird, like the rest of the movie. It's only 97 minutes (in a year of super sized films) and I still managed to fall asleep before I got to the end, but I finished it the next day and I was glad because the ending was one of my favorite parts. I did like the way it ended. I just think a tighter script would have helped this one -- good idea, that I'm afraid has been done before, so it needed to be a step or two better in the written word! I would give this 3.5 stars out of 4. Liberal Arts 2012 PG-13 97 minutes A speaking engagement brings 35-year-old Jesse back to his college alma mater, where he's blindsided by nostalgia and a plucky sophomore named Zibby. Newly single and unfulfilled by his job, Jesse finds Zibby pulling him out of his disillusionment. Cast:Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, Elizabeth Reaser, John Magaro, Kate Burton, Robert Desiderio, Zac Efron, Kristen Bush Genre:Indie Comedies, Romantic Comedies, Indie Romance, Comedy