Slant Magazine
The film is almost sadistically driven to turn a woman's trip down memory lane into fodder for cringe humor.
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I Used to Go Here
Gillian Jacobs (Community) plays a mildly successful author in her mid-30s who, while stuck in life limbo, returns to her former college and finds herself tangled in the lives of current students. Co-stars Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) as the college professor who invites her back to campus.
202087 minsUSA
ComedyDramaRomance
- Director:
- Kris Rey ('Unexpected', 'It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home')
- Writer:
- Kris Rey
- Cast:
- Gillian JacobsJosh WigginsJemaine ClementHannah MarksForrest GoodluckZoe ChaoKate Micucci
I Used to Go Here / Reviews
Hollywood Reporter
Rey has a knack for recognizing everyday stabs of awkwardness and turning throwaway lines into grace notes.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Gillian Jacobs creates a memorable portrayal of a woman who’s a mess but still rather wonderful.
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The Washington Post
With modesty, precision and wry compassion, I Used to Go Here limns human nature at its most contradictory and indefinable...
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The Guardian
What’s so funny about the film is that it shows how very little divides your early-twentysomething self from your mid-thirtysomething self...
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IndieWire
Armed with her funniest material to date and a winning performance from Gillian Jacobs...
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