by John Thielking
8-27-2011
This is a slow moving romantic comedy and tragedy made by a local
independent filmaker, Miranda July. July plays the role
of Sophie, the live-in partner of Jason (Hamish Linklater).
The couple decide to adopt a cat from the local animal shelter and
prepare for the adoption to take place 30 days later after the cat
heals a bit from its paw injury. The date for the adoption is set,
but then the movie departs for the Twilight Zone, where time stops
for a bit here and there and where Sophie starts acting out. The
movie features the voice of the cat, which only adds to the Twilight
Zone aspects of the movie. Four stars.
