Movie is "amateurish effort", "pretentious prose", "boring", "terrible cover", just like the protagonist's book.

I don’t agree with the other reviews on this page. While the ending felt a little flat, the rest of the movie was enjoyably funny. If you want something unpretentious, give it a go.

Incredibly boring. Overridden with familiar messages, story beats and clichés. The dialogue and the comedic timing was just off. This movie has very amateur filmmaking on all facets and makes 90 minutes feel like 250 minutes. I try to be the farthest thing from a _“This would actually never happen!”_ kind of person because this is a movie, not real life. But, uh, so much that happens in _I Used to Go Here_ feels very, very untethered to reality. I was hoping for a cute indie film, but this was just not it.

Being an adult is weird. I'm 40 and I don't exactly feel "grown up". In my head I imagine I could still seamlessly fit in with people half my age, but I imagine in reality it would be similar to the awkward, yet not too awkward, experience of Gillian Jacobs' Kate. This is really a coming of age story but for 30- and 40-somethings. Jacobs is never quite sure of herself, but from the outside she seems totally normal. Jemaine Clement, opposite of Jacobs, also slowly reveals the oddities and unfortunate realities of adulthood not being all you'd expect. It's oddly enjoyable to watch them both fumble their way through faking being more put together than they are, even if some of the situations they find themselves in feel a bit too unreal.

We need to start here with Kate. The movie follows her from a point where it seems as if she had it all, then life took a turn: her writing career isn't where she hoped, her fiancé left her, her girlfriends seem to be moving through the common arc while she is in limbo. As for tone, this is an indie comedy, which means it's a drama that is light in tone, with funny moments. I originally wanted to focus on the reoccurring themes in the story, but I also wondered what other people thought of this; that is to say, I made the mistake of reading the other... "reviews" here. So, what the plot centers around is being stuck, and finding a place with those a generation or two apart. How is it for Kate when she catches up with old classmate, Brad, and his girlfriend, Rachel? Not well at all. Kate is able to find more common ground with a group of college students. She's even able to win over a termagant bed-and-breakfast proprietor, who treats her more like an unruly daughter, rather than a tenant. Now, this motif is so pronounce, that it must have meaning beyond what some of the... uhm... lower primates here think. No one has to like any work of fiction, but keep in mind it is fiction. Just a reminder that offense is taken and not given. Really, I think that's what this is actually talking about: Not fitting. I can relate to that. If you like indie comedies, I recommend this.