I walked into the theater thinking I was getting into the kind of story that’s a little sloppy, sappy, and overall sad, but instead walked out of a deeply depressing, raw, and uncomfortably realistic one. I actually hated the way this movie made me feel. It was somehow effortlessly relatable despite having never experienced the characters’ lived circumstances. I also found myself frustrated at times because I wanted more elaboration or even romanticism—there was this gnawing feeling the whole time…
