"For the Duplass brothers, the festival was, as it has been for many a small-budget artist trying to break out, the difference between a career and another $3 film. Without Sundance, he recently joked: I'd probably be a psychologist right now. Psychologist sympathies peek through See You When I See You, Duplass's feature film return to the festival after 16 years largely focused on acting and directing episodic television, notably for Togetherness, Search Party and the criminally underseen Somebody, Somewhere."
"An earnest adaptation of comedian Adam Cayton-Holland's memoir Tragedy Plus Time, the 102-minute film is both a straightforward tribute to psychotherapy and a tightrope walk of tone, attempting to balance profound grief with breezy comedy for a family reeling from a shocking loss. That See You When I See You often stumbles is occasionally frustrating but mostly forgivable, given the highly personal material and the sincere handling of trauma."
Sundance's Park City edition marks an end of an era without founder Robert Redford, and nostalgia courses through the festival. Jay Duplass returns after 16 years to feature filmmaking following a career in episodic television. Duplass and brother Mark first attended Sundance in 2003 with a $3 film that launched their careers. See You When I See You adapts Adam Cayton-Holland's memoir Tragedy Plus Time and centers on Adam, played by Cooper Raiff, who lost his sister Leah, played by Kaitlyn Dever, to suicide. The 102-minute film functions as an earnest tribute to psychotherapy and attempts to balance profound grief with breezy familial comedy. The tone sometimes stumbles, but the highly personal material and sincere handling of trauma render many flaws forgivable.
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