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I eventually came around to at least not hating it, though I still didn't like it. I seem to be in a distinct minority on that point.

As I watched it, my first point of comparison was The Big Chill. The film didn't further that parallel at all (what would my generation's equivalent be of the Big Chill soundtrack? - '80s anthems? certainly nothing like the band featured in this movie's soundtrack) but I'm glad it at least went SOMEWHERE. The first half hour at least was painfully pointless.

If I'd paid any attention at all to the Netflix sleeve blurb or any media coverage of this movie, I'd have picked up on a comparison to Donnie Darko a lot sooner. Thankfully this isn't nearly as bad as Donnie Darko was.

Once scene late in the movie reminded me of The Life Aquatic. After the fact, the main couple in this movie reminded me of the main couple from Good Will Hunting (I also realized in hindsight that I don't like GWH, though maybe when I watched it I liked it).

Julia compared it unfavorably to Punch Drunk Love, a movie I've never seen. As for this movie itself, Julia lost a whole lot of respect for its director/star.

Oh, this is seemingly completely unrelated but when we watched it last year I liked Harold & Kumar a lot more than she did. She didn't like it per se, just appreciate it as the sort of lowbrow comedy one finds in I Love Lucy or Dude Where's My Car.