The Sweet Life (2017)
Starring Chris Messina, Abigail Spencer, Maggie Siff, Tyson Ritter, J.D. Evermore, Nick Searcy, Jocko Sims, Cheryl Francis Harrington, Karan Soni, Brian Shortall
IHBM8Very good
Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent insurance actuary, their heated conversation, natural spark and mutual hopelessness lead to an unusual proposal for a meet-cute: to travel to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge together.
My review · Reviewed 07/03/2019
A buddy road trip movie mixed with Leaving Las Vegas? It seems hard to make anything original these days but I think this one did the trick. The film neither shied away from the issues of the lead characters nor did it dwell on them. If nothing else it did a great job showing how people can persevere through mental illness and build a life that works for them instead of trying to be the dreaded "normal". The stopping points towards the end of the trip added a nice flavor to the film.