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Melanie Lynskey
as Amy

Blythe Danner
as Ruth

Christopher Abbott
as Jeremy

John Rubinstein
as Stan

Julie White
as Gwen

Dan Futterman
as David

Sara Chase
as Missy

Meera Simhan
as Karen

Damian Young
as Larry Hammer

Daniel Eric Gold
as Noah

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• Feb 08, 2015

  Really did want to like this. The preview looked great - have been looking forward to seeing it for a long time. But somehow it was kind of meh. Not bad, not by a long shot, but just quite dull viewing. I don't know why. Cast are good. Movie looks nice. Good story about a young woman who's marriage has failed and she's returned home temporarily with all the problems that entails. Good end message about standing on your own two feet. Really should have been something more than it was.
  Nicki M Super Reviewer
• Jul 14, 2014

  In "Hello I Must Be Going," Amy(Melanie Lynskey) has been down in the dumps for the three months since her divorce. So much so, that she has not changed her T-shirt in that time. In response, her parents(Blythe Danner & John Rubinstein) want her very much to get something new for a party they are throwing. And the attempt nearly kills her. But at least Amy is feeling better for the party which has its upside like making out with 19-year old Jeremy(Christopher Abbott). Later, their relationship intensifies before Amy finds out she is the last person to know Jeremy is gay. "Hello I Must Be Going" is a nice movie that sidesteps many a serious issue. Like instead of depression, the movie is about two people finding themselves after finding each other. While Jeremy is young enough to make things intriguing, he is old enough to keep the story out of Catherine Breillat territory. In any case, Melanie Lynskey makes for a pleasant enough lead in this amiable movie.
  Walter M Super Reviewer
• Apr 30, 2013

  Amy Minskey (Melanie Lynskey) has moved back home after her husband dumped her and is going through a rough patch. A twist on the May-December romance that really worked for this viewer. Ms Lynskey has a natural beauty and a style that invites sympathy as she tries to figure out how to move on without disappointing her parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein) any further. It was good to see Julie White again, as well. A good cast, fine performances and a deeply affecting story combined to make this a lovely diversion.
  

  Mark A Super Reviewer
• Jan 28, 2013

  Amy (Lynskey) has spent the three months following her divorce holed up in her parents house, lazing around in a scruffy t-shirt while watching the films of the Marx brothers. Despite the best efforts of her increasingly frustrated mother (Danner) to get her back on her feet, Amy refuses to leave the house. When her lawyer father hosts a dinner in an attempt to secure a valuable client, Amy ends up making out with the nineteen year old son (Abbott) of one of the guests. Despite Amy's reservations, an awkward and secretive relationship develops between the two. Ten years ago, director Louiso gave Philip Seymour Hoffman his first leading role with the warmly comic 'Love Liza'. His latest outing treads similar territory, with it's lead character struggling to cope with a newly acquired, and unwanted, singlehood, and could provide the breakout role for Lynsky. The New Zealand actress has been around for the last two decades, first appearing in Peter Jackson's 'Heavenly Creatures'. While her co-star from that film, Kate Winslet, went on to become a household name, Lynskey has had to settle for bit parts and a stint on TV's 'Two and a Half Men'. Here she proves she can carry a film herself with a performance both tragic and comic. There's not a whole lot here you haven't seen before but Louiso and Lynskey manage to create a character that you just enjoy spending time with. In a way it's the antithesis of something like 'Young Adult' which opts for the easy route of creating a wretched lead. It's very easy for a screenwriter to create an unlikeable character, giving us one as charming as Amy is far more difficult. As her argumentative mother, Danner is equally impressive and the scenes between the two are the movie's best. 'Hello I Must Be Going' is a refreshingly non-judgmental take on the theme of May-to-December romances with yet another central performance shamefully overlooked by awards panels.
  The Movie W Super Reviewer

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