Tre (2008)

A smart and incisive look at contemporary relationships that avoids all the cliches that one might expect to find

After a promising start with Charlotte Sometimes, Byler fumbles big time with this slow-moving, even irritating sophomore effort.

It's difficult to care who couples or uncouples throughout this relationship drama since the combinations are always completely unappealing.

If you're looking for fresh, compelling proof that the best training for young actors aspiring to authentic film performances is still the theater, look no further.

Unlike most indie dramas about rudderless 20-somethings who exorcise their hang-ups by talking and screwing each other to death, Tre is something rare: a perceptive, nonindulgent chamber piece that wrings a little art from that anxious age.