Serial dissatisfaction

Hannah Takes the Stairs

(2007)

Hannah (Greta Gerwig, co-screenwriter with director Joe Swanberg, among the other genre regulars) is always the cutest girl in the room, and finds that not to be necessarily a good thing. The film begins with her breaking up with boy #1 and ends with her playing a trumpet duet (no, that's not a euphemism) in the bathtub w/ boy #3, moments after breakup #2. She diagnoses her condition well, but that doesn't help her change, and it's a fair question whether she really wants to.

I guess we're not supposed to call this mumblecore anymore, but it is, and it's a pretty good one. Also: it may just be poor color correction, but Gerwig seems to have eyes of a color I've never seen before in a human; light brown, I guess I'd call 'em.