What I Watched -- Happythankyoumoreplease

S and I stumbled upon Happythankyoumoreplease (trailer) while we were looking for Christmas movies to watch. It is certainly not a Christmas movie (although there is a passing mention to the holiday which you can hear in the trailer), it's pretty much standard rom-com fare.

It was written and directed by Josh Radnor, who also plays the lead character, Sam.  All the other characters are defined by their relationship to Sam or their relationship to knows Sam.  The two who matter most are Rasheen, a kid Sam picks up on the Subway after he gets separated from his adult (yes, it's as illegal as it sounds), and Mississippi (Kate Mara), Sam's love interest.

This is certainly Gen-whatever-we're-on stuff.  It's a lot of navel-gazing and self-affirmation.  It's a bit like watching an episode of Girls where the main character is a guy, who is funnier, more charming, and less off-putting than Lena Dunham.  It's like Josh was jealous of Lena's cute friends, so he wanted to put himself in the middle of the show.

Bottom line: despite that knock, it's a darn cute movie.  And it's nice to see Tony Hale play someone other than Buster Bluth.