Michael Chemus News Today

“People Places Things” treats its characters a lot messier than most romantic comedies, which makes it delightful at times. It also makes it disappointing when the film falls into the same traps that plague romantic comedies. Its rambling nature hints this will be a leisurely stroll through the life of sad-sack cartoonist dad Will Henry ("Flight of the Conchords"’ Jermaine Clement), but at some point leisurely becomes lazy. Writer-director James C. Strouse builds a lot up a lot of goodwil...