Hannah Takes the Stairs

Aroview: Indistinct mumblecore entry chronicles the restless relations between a trio of post-graduates working in a Chicago production office.

Flogging the genre’s now regulation themes of aimlessness and uncertainty, this lacks the engaging qualities of other films in the peer group (including those by Andrew Bujalski and Mark Duplass, both of whom feature as actors here), instead opting to wallow in the ennui of its twenty-something characters; their improvised dialogue and off-the-cuff naturalism often falling flat in this instance.

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