Film Review – Goodbye to All That

“Goodbye to All That” proves that a movie can feel unfinished and somehow manage to satisfy. The directorial debut for “Stone” and “Junebug” screenwriter Angus MacLachlan, the picture is on the prowl for a precise mood of discouragement in the face of victory, updating the sex-and-the-single-dad formula to fit contemporary dating insanity, weaving through online hook-ups and cyber stalking. “Goodbye to All That” is more amusing than funny, and while it’s disjointed, it’s sincere, working to articulate the laborious inflation of morale after the pain of divorce and the humiliation of daily life. MacLachlan shares a distinct point of view here, just not a particular gift in the editing room. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com