Reno Rangan Try to expect from the film what the title signifies. Then this will be a decent film to have. As we know there's no big names in the cast, as well as from behind the camera. But the whole film discloses is what people do when their marriage fails, in order to move on. That's not it, there's a message, that it ends with, especially about the children of the splitting couple. Seems it is a nice one from that angle, though overall film is not a clever enough to attract all kinds of viewers.When his wife suddenly breaks the news that she wants a divorce, the husband in a surprise tries his best to convince her not to, but nothing works. All the separation affair can be solved easily as they have a good understanding. So they try to move on, particularly the father who meets many women, including his old school and college mates. But what they are not seeing is their young daughter who is affected by all this. So where the story heads from there is told in the remaining.For the first time direction, this is not a bad film. A low budget, short film with a simple storyline. Well intended film on what it wanted to say. But nothing was told straight, everything was about not being single, that means dating and sex was the priority. Only in the last ten minutes it tries to turn around. That's where the story and the title overlaps. Really the nice performances, particularly Paul Schneider, who has been seen mostly in the supporting roles. So I think it is worth a watch if you are not forcing yourself.6/10

srdjan_veljkovic First of all, it's good, but not really great. Though some if it is.Melanie Lynskey and Anna Camp are great. Their roles are quite different, but both are perfectly believable as "normal on-the-surface yet a little crazy" women. Seeing them brings memories of similar women you met in your life. They're not just believable, but very entertaining.Story is good, but, would benefit from more coherence and a clearer line/thread. The idea probably was that this be more like a documentary, and life isn't clear. But, it went too far. I don't believe, as some do, that the end was any worse than the rest of it. It's consistent with the rest.The directing and production quality is lacking. It's good enough, but could have been (much) better.There are many funny moments to experience and most are not jokes or gags, but seek a more deep/meaningful humor.It's not a "feel-good" movie, it's not a provocative movie, it's not a movie that makes you think deep about something. It's a movie that makes you go "yeah, life is weird, but one can have fun with it".

Daniel Ray As was really well discussed in the other reviews, this man Otto gets dumped suddenly by his wife of 11 years, who shares a daughter with him. Suddenly Otto is harshly returned to life as a single man, theoretically looking for a new female partner.For the most part he has not a clue as to how to proceed, and mostly due to his looks (which, for his age are well above average) he keeps finding women who are only interested in immediate sex with no elements of friendship or plain old-fashioned hanging out together for the profound yet simple pleasure of the other person's company. Then, close to the end of the movie, he encounters a woman he knew from decades ago who genuinely likes Otto to spend time with, AND have sex with (at perhaps a slower pace that is so much better in my opinion), AND is willing to take a huge leap of faith inviting Otto to just "drop everything" and join her in an indefinitely long trip to Costa Rica that long ago she planned to start, plane tickets and all, the very next day at 6:45am! This woman I can only describe as a "dream mate" she is so fine, especially relative to every other woman that Otto has known or met including his soon-to-become ex-wife. In my mind I kept routing for Otto "Do It!"..."Just do it!" Then his cellphone rings, and Otto's very *realistic* decision can be deduced. Let's just put it this way: if it was me, no force on Earth could have stopped me from going to Costa Rica!

haynese I always appreciate when a writer finally gets to direct his own work, and does a good job of it. Angus MacLachlan earns his stripes on GOODBYE TO ALL THAT (2014, Theatrical), an audience-pleasing comedy with enough drama to make the characters and their evolving situation realistic and empathetic.Paul Schneider, a North Carolina School of the Arts alumnus, like MacLachlan, is cast against type as Otto, a droopy-eyed schlemiel who has the best of intentions but weak-willed execution. Even his name exudes limpness. Schneider, who has moved on from David Gordon Green movies to critical acclaim in Jane Campion's BRIGHT STAR (2009), won the Tribeca Film Festival Best Actor award for his performance in GOODBYE, and it's merited.Playing a kind of well-intentioned loser is a challenge for a usually stalwart actor, but Schneider works hard to keep his character's head above water, given the unending litany of disasters that befall him. He could have a nice chat with Professor Larry Gopnik from the Coen Bros.' A SERIOUS MAN (2012) about just what they did to deserve God's disfavor.In Otto's case, he breaks his leg on a run, his wife (Melanie Lynskey) abruptly leaves him, he loses his job and moves to a slovenly new place where he is promptly robbed. Can it get much worse? This does not sound like a recipe for a successful comedy, but this is where MacLachlan's writing skills (see JUNEBUG (2005), the movie that launched Amy Adams' career) and his clear aptitude for directing shine through.Otto goes through a somewhat familiar series of dating adventures in a new, online world, but MacLachlan's female characters are more sharply etched and memorable than usual.This especially applies to Anna Camp, another NCSA alum, as the inimitable Debbie Spangler, a lusty Christian woman who is as divided in her desires as Liv Ullmann in PERSONA (1966), along with Heather Graham, and Ashley Hinshaw. There is the usual embarrassment involving a pre-teen daughter, and Audrey P. Scott acquits herself very well in that role under MacLachlan's assured direction.It helps to have gone to acting school if you're a first-time director, and MacLachlan's sensitivity to his cast, particularly Scott, results in consistently good performances from the ensemble.Otto loves and learns, but not the essential lessons. One of the few drawbacks to GOODBYE is that his realization comes too late in the movie to be really meaningful in drawing him out of his doldrums.Heather Lawless, as the woman he seemed finally destined to be with, shows up so late she seems halfway out the door when we first meet her. She's an interesting presence and MacLachlan might have done better to spend more time with her and less with the bimbos, amusing as they may be.It's difficult to do a contemporary romantic comedy without falling into clichés and tropes, and MacLachlan stumbles into a few along the way.But I found GOODBYE TO ALL THAT refreshingly entertaining and interesting, and its fast pace (a welcome 87 minutes) and smooth performances left me feeling only a little frustrated by the abrupt ending. This is one director whose sophomore film I will look forward to with anticipation.