Review of Lymelife

This movie is very character driven. Strong cast and good overall plot. It feels like American Beauty told in a more real life, down to earth kind of way. The acting quickly draws you in, and the characters have room to grow in complexity and depth. Nice little film, I cannot believe it was made so quickly. I like how the movie touches upon real issues of troubled marriages with out getting too sidetracked. One thing I that I found annoying is the far-fetched portrayal of the symptoms of Lyme disease. It is as if the character who contracts it, has a green light to change symptoms with each scene. He quickly goes from completely confused to focused and back again. The movie does pull off all the faculties of the human condition it attempts to expose, in a very simplified way. It is as if any holes that exist due to the writing, are for the most part patched up by great acting. I like it when that happens:)