Lucky Them (2013)

LUCKY THEM  (2013)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Megan Griffiths
    Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Ryan Eggold,
    Ahna O'Reilly, Oliver Platt, Nina Arianda, Walter Dalton
Toni Collette plays a music journalist in Seattle, reluctantly assigned to track down her ex, a legendary singer/songwriter who drove off and vanished ten years ago. It's one of those indie flicks that's neither as good as it should be nor as bad as it could be, a noble attempt that always seems to be straining for something it can't quite deliver. What's good is good, though, and that definitely includes Collette as a character who knows she's a little too old for the boy musicians she's still sleeping with, covering her insecurity with an assertive demeanor, a thick layer of cynicism, and an arsenal of tics and mannerisms that women of a certain age would do well to abandon. I saw it in Seattle at the Film Forum on Capitol Hill, and a lot of the movie was filmed around there, some of it just around the corner at the Comet Tavern, which made the viewing experience kind of cool. If you decide to give it a shot, be sure to stick around for a star cameo at the end of the journalist's journey.