While this movie has comedic elements, it's the sort of thoughtful, high-class Canadian art-movie drama that you'd expect Daniel MacIvor to be involved with. Despite the somewhat fey cover art on the 2 different versions of the DVD that I've seen (I bought the somewhat less fey and definitely less expensive version I found at amazon.ca), the movie is not a winsome comedy, nor is it especially light. This movie is not "Election" and it is not the revenge comedy that you might be led to expect. It's basically a realistic tale of pain and emotional growth on the parts of everyone involved, whether they're confused, arty, and ignorant kids, or whether they're confused adults still seeking to connect. Fortunately, the movie ends with signs of hope for everyone. You shouldn't miss this, because the human observations and characterizations are so true.
Review of Whole New Thing
