A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Acting
Highmore's awkward physicality is painfully, beautifully real.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like humans failing at connection.
Director
Jake Goldberger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Freddie Highmore was also producing this while starring — his first dual credit. The man was literally doing everything except asking the girl out, method acting at its finest.
This quietly predicted the 'softboi' archetype that would dominate Twitter by 2019 — a man who cooks and reads but cannot, under any circumstances, communicate his feelings like an adult.
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