I wanted and expected to like this movie, yet for at least the first half, I did not. Just as I was beginning to completely lose interest (I started to mess around in the kitchen while the movie played) it began to pick up around the 1 hour mark. This movie ended up being a very powerful and moving piece. Aidan's father dies at home from cancer just as my mother did. I didn't necessarily want to see that played out again. Furthermore, due partly to the graying beard, my own father greatly resembles the actor Mandy Patinkin who plays Aldan's dying father, reminding me of his own increasing frailty and inevitable passing. Then there was the contemplation of my own life struggles, trying to find my way in this world, giving up on my dreams and selling out in order to get a job and support myself.

I guess if this movie has a point, it is that if we keep moving forward and remain open to possibilities, then everything will work out someway. Life isn't always easy, especially as a young adult, nor does it go as we planned, but just keep chugging along and everything will be fine. Eventually you find yourself in a place you never expected yet one that is no less wonderful. I guess the Rolling Stones were right; we don't always get what we want, but we get what we need.