GO see this movie!

Hi friends!
I recently saw the movie "People Like Us" and I couldn't tell ENOUGH people to go see this movie. I don't typically suggest for people to see a movie so strongly, but I really enjoyed this one and I'm willing to bet you (well...most of you) will too!

Without giving too much plot away, I loved this movie because it's NOT a love story. Well, it's not a romantic love story. Just as the tagline indicates, it's a story about family. Most of our families are "normal" from what we know about them. We know who loves us, who has let us down, who hurts us, and who we stay away from. Everyone has that uncle that picks on you, that grandpa who gives you money/food, that sister that bothers the hell out of you, or that mom that won't stop telling you to wear lipstick because, "It looks good on you". If you don't have these characters in your family, you have some other versions and we all know it.

But what if there were a part of your family that you had no idea even existed? "People Like Us" looks at the secrets we keep and the lives we change when we discover just how connected we are to one another.

 I loved this movie because it was a beautiful story, mainly focusing on one man's journey towards the family he never knew he had and the family he was always meant to discover. To be honest, I was never a Chris Pine fan. He seemed like your average pretty-actor guy. In his past couple of films, (People Like Us; This Means War) I've seen him have this ability to start and end the film as a changed/developed character! He has this endearing quality about him; I'm really enjoying his journey as an actor and hope he keeps getting better. In People Like Us, his character Sam, starts out this smooth-talking kind of guy, who kinda makes you feel slimy... but ends up a caring man, who finally puts things in proper perspective.


 I also enjoyed Elizabeth Banks' portrayal of a stereotypical female role, single mother w/ a troublesome child, because I could see her humanity underneath the stereotype. She was not a caricature of a woman, but rather a hard working lady doing what she can to provide for her family. Plus she was funny and used her sense of humor/timing to bring light to what could be a depressing situation.   


Character development is my FAVORITE thing about TV & film...seeing a character mature and change throughout the course of the movie/season reminds us that we are in our own story and have the chance to grow/develop/learn from the situations and places we find ourselves! Great movies force us to ask, how will we grow and develop throughout the chapters of our lives? How will we turn a bad/awkward situation into something beautiful? 


Here's the trailer (which is spoiler-heavy) but worth a glance if you need an extra push to seeing this film: