Josh Radnor has stolen my heart, and just in time too because his character on How I Met Your Mother is getting a little dull. This movie, written, directed and starred in, by the sitcom celeb, makes me proud to know that there are still indie films that are true to their title. HappyThankYouMorePlease got it right.
There are four main plots, that are somewhat woven together, but also relatively separate. The genius is that they are all about people on the cusp of becoming great, and being loved, and the things that stand in their way.
Sam is a lost, mediocre writer who self-admittedly is “afraid of success,” and love. In a strange string of events, he decides to take responsibility for kid who gets separated from his family on the subway. The child, Rasheen, attaches to Sam because after being shuffled from family to family in foster care, he for some reason feels more comfortable with a stranger than in “the system.” Soon after, he makes a strange deal with a bartender to have her live with him for three days (in order to avoid the inevitable one night stand scenario).
His best friend Annie, played by Malin Akerman, is obsessed with beauty, and trapped by her alopecia. When she is pursued by a guy she deems “less than beautiful,” she immediately blows him off, taking her the remainder of the movie to realize that beauty really is more than just skin deep. In a their final scene, he has her close her eyes and just listen to him and, for once, she really hear how amazing he is, transforming his whole image instantly.
Sam’s cousin, Mary, is madly in love with her boyfriend but is deeply afraid of commitment. Coming from a “long line of divorced people,” she doesn’t believe that relationships can last and therefore pushes her boyfriend away every chance that she gets.
Noteworthy: The writing is relatively impressive, and stays true to providing the audience with the “indie wisdom” that we have come to expect. “Go out and get yourself loved.” If that is not awesome for its obvious bluntness, I don’t know what is.
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