Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs) should be happy after publishing her first novel. She's not. The book is not selling well. Her book tour gets cancelled. Her love life had cratered. Her friends are pregnant and moving on. Her old writing professor David Kirkpatrick (Jemaine Clement) invites her to speak at her alma mater. She's staying at a B&B across the street from her former home which houses a new group of student writers.

This is a small indie with a little bit of quirky humorous moments and light weight drama. Mostly, it's elevated by the appealing Gillian Jacobs' charms. It's slow at times and struggles to generate narrative momentum. There is one small section in the middle where it becomes a fun mission. It would be interesting to expand that part. The movie does need to add more to the script. I would change the last line to, "I could have done better. I will do better." It's more affirmative and more directed at herself. Overall, this feels like a second or third draft. It needs some more stuffing to fill up the script.

I was quite enjoying this and its slice-of-life vibe, before it just petered out into nothingness, without any real resolution or satisfaction.

Jemaine Clement was great in the few scenes he was in. He plays a bad guy quite effectively. Gillian Jacobs was the one who made the film watchable though - she brought a realism and humour to things which elevated certain scene. She shared some great chemistry with Josh Wiggins.

Oddly enough, it was Tall Brandon (Brandon Daley) and Hugo's Mom (Jennifer Joan Taylor) which stole the show and had the best chemistry. Equal parts heartwarming and hilarious, the film could have done with more such moments.

This could have been something really special and is most definitely summed up by its (abrupt) final line: "could have been better".

Uneventful, dull, boring. No plot. Aimless. Honestly don't know what this was supposed to be about or what writer was trying to convey.