Review by jc1201

Paul Giamatti here is unbelievably good as a person who has spent the majority of their life grieving the loss of a deep connection, full of self pity and self loathing and never attempting to see things from another perspective. This perspective is helpfully (or hurtfully) provided by a "guide" who is there to probe his memory to find at least one good one to be presented at a funeral a few days hence.

It's a deeply raw, emotional exploration of a tragically doomed love that never had a chance due to timing, circumstances, and the usual unknowable follies of the young.

I connected more with the source material here than I was expecting, and it hit me like a truck. 10/10.