Mike Birbiglia

No one knows how to direct a movie, no matter what anybody tells you. Nobody knows how to direct a movie until you've directed a movie.

Film demonstrably isn't the best medium for this story...but [it] remains resonant, with its hidden-in-plain-sight metaphor of drifting unconsciously through life.

Pinpoints a creative community that’s never been explored in a narrative film...its wistful, naturalistic presentation of a thirtysomething turning point—a forced maturation of sorts—rings true.