NEW YORK MOVIE JOURNAL (Mar. 1-Apr. 2, 2018)

[Chris Knipp]

OUTSIDE IN (Lynn Shelton 2017). Chris (Jay Duplass), a 38-year-old released on parole to his little town in Washington State after 20 years in prison is intensely drawn to his former high school English teacher (Edie Falco) who worked hard to get him out and was his main support all these years. But she is married and has a teenage daughter (Kaitlyn Dever), who also becomes interested in him. A significant "issue" suitable for indie films (as D'Angelo says) gets an intensified treatment through the bare-bones post-mumblecore style of Shelton and the Duplass brothers. The brothers produced, and Jay and Lynn collaborated on the screenpay. Whether or not the story sticks in the memory isn't decided yet but the acting clearly weil. Watched at Quad Cinema 31 Mar. 2018. It opened here in NYC yesterday. Metascore 76%.