mellow and cute

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2003)

This movie was pleasant and cute. There weren't huge laughs but it wasn't melodramatic either. I guess some people here viewed it as pretentious, but I liked the characters enough that that idea didn't cross my mind.
If you like slower mellower movies that don't have the headquarters blowing up at the end or a lot of pompous posing, give this a shot. Not as good as Rushmore, but surely better than Ghost World. Also, some other folks felt this was depressing/whiny... if you want depressing and whiny and characters you really don't care about, go watch The Hours. At least the characters in LiT have charm so you actually have a reason to want to sympathize with them.