Liberal Arts (2012)

I don't want to grow up

35 year old New Yorker Jesse is asked to return a small college in Ohio for the retirement of a favorite professor.  Getting reacquainted with his alma mater, Jesse finds himself caught up memories of his own college life.  While in Ohio, he meets Zibby, a 19 year old college girl with whom he begins a long distance friendship.  The rest of the film is filled with misunderstandings, broken hearts, and some tough life lessons.  The characters are likeable and memorable, the dialogue is very poignant at times, and the film manages to stay away from the cliches that are so common in Hollywood dramas.  Overall Liberal Arts if a very respectable first film for Josh Radnor.

Liberal Arts gets 3.5 out of 5 Poblanos!

Director: Josh Radnor
Writer: Josh Radnor
Starring: Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother), Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy Mae Marlene), Richard Jenkins (Cabin in the Woods), Zac Efron
Rotten Tomatoes: 70%
Metacritic: 55%