Josh Radnor's Second Film

Most probably know Josh Radnor best as Ted Mosby from the sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The question is how many knows he has made two films? The first one was Happy Thank You More Please (2010) which he directed, stared in an wrote the screenplay for. Now Josh is back with a new film which he has both written and directed called Liberal Arts (2012). He also stars as one of the two main characters; thirty-five year old Jesse who returns to the town of his old University to attend a retirement party for his "second favourite Ohio University professor".

If you enjoy a more quiet type of film about life this one is actually a very good one. Josh seems to have a knack for creating something that actually avoids most traps and doesn't quite fall into clichés - even though it's a few close calls - and actually gives you something to reflect upon. He does well  given the fact that it's entirely his own production. This can be less than ideal and can often go terribly wrong since it carries only one individual's perspective. And if this one has a flaw it is that it takes a while for the film to actually become interesting and to make sense. But give it 20 or so minutes and it actually comes around and is worth watching.

This is not an overly dramatic, sad or funny film. It's rather mellow. But by no means at all does that mean that it is boring and not worth watching. It's actually very thought provoking and you do get attached to the characters. Of course, it all, as always, depends on what you enjoy watching but unless you get bored stiff from the more unobtrusive drama comedy films this one is recommendable for sure.