Film Review – Liberal Arts

Last year, writer/director/actor Josh Radnor made a small but impressive
debut with “happythankyoumoreplease,” a precious title for sure, but a
workably anxious creation dedicated to the collisions of life. Squeezing
out a second picture between seasons at his day job, acting on the
sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” Radnor returns with “Liberal Arts,” a
small-scale character piece that shows impressive growth in directorial
confidence and screenwriting nuance. Despite its potentially formulaic
collegiate setting, the helmer captures a full sense of thought and
desire in work that’s undeniably human, striving to make a movie about
whirring minds and anxious souls, not content to assemble a neurotic
collection of intellectuals burning through literary references while
swigging coffee. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com