I've liked the New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey's work ever since her first movie when she was 15 years old. That film was the dark "Heavenly Creatures", which I believe was Kate Winslet's first film as well, with Peter Jackson directing.
I had a rather hard time assessing "Hello I Must Be Going". I finally concluded that there were too many clichés and contrivances and that the film in its' entirety never really clicked with me.
Lynskey plays Amy who is quite depressed about her pending divorce and, although I believe it's only mentioned once in the movie, a miscarriage. She's living with her parents, portrayed by Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein, and has hardly left the house in three months.
An important business client, to her father, comes to dinner at their home along with his wife and son. The son, Jeremy (portrayed by Christoper Abbott), and Lynskey are very attracted to each other and begin a torrid affair. The film presents Abbott as 19 years which is one of the key points of the relationship. In fact, Abbott is 28 years old now and Lynskey 35 years old which is not that great a difference as the film would like to portray.
Most of the characters seem to be nearly always talking in circles and evasively and rarely saying what they really mean, which I found rather annoying after awhile. Also, they seemed to be speaking their lines without really any emotion, and with deadpan expressions, so it wasn't registering emotionally for me. Even the musical soundtrack I felt was annoying.
It's certainly not the worst movie I've ever seen. The ending I thought was appropriate. However, overall I could never reach a point where I cared all that much about what would happen,
I had a rather hard time assessing "Hello I Must Be Going". I finally concluded that there were too many clichés and contrivances and that the film in its' entirety never really clicked with me.
Lynskey plays Amy who is quite depressed about her pending divorce and, although I believe it's only mentioned once in the movie, a miscarriage. She's living with her parents, portrayed by Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein, and has hardly left the house in three months.
An important business client, to her father, comes to dinner at their home along with his wife and son. The son, Jeremy (portrayed by Christoper Abbott), and Lynskey are very attracted to each other and begin a torrid affair. The film presents Abbott as 19 years which is one of the key points of the relationship. In fact, Abbott is 28 years old now and Lynskey 35 years old which is not that great a difference as the film would like to portray.
Most of the characters seem to be nearly always talking in circles and evasively and rarely saying what they really mean, which I found rather annoying after awhile. Also, they seemed to be speaking their lines without really any emotion, and with deadpan expressions, so it wasn't registering emotionally for me. Even the musical soundtrack I felt was annoying.
It's certainly not the worst movie I've ever seen. The ending I thought was appropriate. However, overall I could never reach a point where I cared all that much about what would happen,