I Used to Go Here (2020)

Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs) should be happy after publishing her first novel. She's not. The book is not selling well. Her book tour gets cancelled. Her love life had cratered. Her friends are pregnant and moving on. Her old writing professor David Kirkpatrick (Jemaine Clement) invites her to speak at her alma mater. She's staying at a B&B across the street from her former home which houses a new group of student writers.

This is a small indie with a little bit of quirky humorous moments and light weight drama. Mostly, it's elevated by the appealing Gillian Jacobs' charms. It's slow at times and struggles to generate narrative momentum. There is one small section in the middle where it becomes a fun mission. It would be interesting to expand that part. The movie does need to add more to the script. I would change the last line to, "I could have done better. I will do better." It's more affirmative and more directed at herself. Overall, this feels like a second or third draft. It needs some more stuffing to fill up the script.

Fmovies: Great writing and captures the epitome of college life at Southern Illinois University - even though it is called Illinois University in the movie. #GODAWGS!! #SIU

Gillian Jacobs perfectly nails the nuanced character that knows life isn't dramatic. exciting and bold. Jemaine Clement and the rest of the cast set-up an exciting, colorful universe that in the end proves her right.

Unfortunately this is a movie for people going through a middle-life crisis. The rest will be left wondering what the hell was that about.

I Used to Go Here fmovies. Just treat a small movie to watch and the laugh part can be better and characters created kinda boring....

I think this film is a great mix of comedy and drama. The jokes are pretty funny, and I like the fact that it is free from gross humour. The drama side of the author's lack of success connects with me as well. I enjoyed it.

I appreciate when a movie has even a faintly casual/mature attitude towards certain controversial subjects, but for the most part, this is your standard, undercooked indie dramedy.