Theo and Nat live in Brooklyn and they are an engaged couple getting married soon. But, their relationship is strained and they aren’t even married yet? Theo is a wedding photographer but he’s bored with the set routine of taking this type of pictures. He comes up with a side business called Gumshoot. This is a service where clients hire him to take pictures that are not posed but part of their everyday life outside their homes. He becomes infatuated with the client Subgirl, this is not her real name. He’s obsessed with following her above and beyond the photography job. Nat develops a staph infection in a cut on her thumb. She is hospitalized for antibiotic treatment to combat the infection. Instead of taking care of Nat, Theo abandons her to the loneliness and boredom of her hospital stay so he can continue to fixate on Subgirl?
Not very much going on here, Theo has a job with a lot of freedom and a side job with more freedom but he wants even more freedom? When do you reach a point where you have so much freedom that you are not in the relationship anymore? He’s so involved with himself that he has nothing left for Nat and she’s not asking for very much. 2 ½* (This movie is so-so)
96 min, Drama directed and written by Dana Adam Shapiro and also written by Evan M. Wiener with Chris Messina, Rashida Jones, Meital Dohan, Zak Orth, Ivan Martin, Madison Arnold, Sarah Burns, Paul Diomede, Hannah Gilli, Neal Huff, Adam Pally, Mason Pettit, Samantha Sherman.
Note: Imdb 5 out of 10 with 727 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 48% with 25 critics 27% audience with 1109 ratings, Amazon 3.8* out of 5* with 204 ratings, Slant Magazine 1* out of 4* Andrew Schenker, Letterboxd 2.6* out of 5*, Metacritic 47 out of 100 with 11 critic reviews (positive 1, mixed 9, negative 1), no user scores.
Special Note: This film won Best New York Narrative at the Tribeca Film Festival 2010.
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