Me and You and
Everyone We Know (2005)

	Directed by: Miranda July	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama/Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Me and You and Everyone We Know RUNNING TIME 90 minutes
	Produced by: Gina Kwon
	Written by: Miranda July

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Richard Swersey	John Hawkes
Christine Jesperson	Miranda July
Peter Swersey	Miles Thompson	½
Robby Swersey	Brandon Ratcliff
Sylvie	Carlie Westerman	½
Andrew	Brad William Henke
Heather	Natasha Slayton	½
Rebecca	Najarra Townsend	½
Nancy Herrington	Tracy Wright

Review

Writer/director/performance artist Miranda July makes her feature debut with the quirky, affirmative, semi-quilted Me and You and Everyone We Know. It's a Todd Solondz-type film with a feminine, though never quite feminist, seasoning. The focal points of July's story are the newly divorced shoe salesman Richard Swersey (John Hawkes), a devoted father and employee with a good heart but wavering psyche, and the struggling artist Christine Jesperson (July), a blunt, non-mainstream woman looking for love and approval in persistently unconventional ways. Around these two characters July cuts a witty and dark, though never cynical or pessimistic slice of life. Her characters may not always act the way most people you know would, but then again, they don't act like stereotypical film characters either, because July wants to make you think and view the world slightly differently – if only for a moment. She questions the values of the early 21st century and its constant focus on and apparent openness around sex – or more precisely, de-eroticized, nonconforming sex. That doesn't mean she condemns, or even criticizes, these values. She also challenges the classic distinction between adults and children, suggesting that society overestimates the maturity of adults while underestimating the maturity of children. This is one of many interesting aspects of this warm, layered and refreshing film.