disappointing after juno/ other similar titles

Rating: 5/10 (17 February 2019)

I saw juno several years ago & soon afterwards went on a "similar movies" binge. now that i'm rewatching these movies, i realize how flat this one fell. it's not horrible, but just really bland to watch. the most important things to me in titles like this are the dialogue, music, cinematography, and art direction. all of these were ok here, but there was nothing particularly engaging. the dialogue is uninventive, the acting is mediocre (but probably the result of the dialogue), the characters are stock types, the music is not good enough to compel you to look for the OST. at least there were a few laughs.